About
Firm ProfileÂ
Sonal Sancheti and Rahul Gore started _OPOLIS, a multidisciplinary design practice, in January 2001. Bringing their individual aesthetic strengths, technical expertise, creative inclinations and artistic vision to the table, the duo has made _OPOLIS one of the leading firms in the country. Providing strong and able support to the partners, is a team of qualified, dynamic, committed and sensitive professionals offering innovative design solutions. The young firm prides itself in having stayed away from a signature style but believes that most complex and beautiful solutions are often the simplest. Their commitment to style combined with simplicity has led them to do a wide range of architectural, interior and urban projects.
Rahul Gore has studied architecture at Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) in Ahmedabad and his Masters Program in Urban Design at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Sonal Sancheti has studied architecture at Center for Environmental Planning and Technology in Ahmedabad and has a Master’s degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles ( SCI-Arc)
Sonal Sancheti – Principal Designer, Partner
Sonal Sancheti has studied architecture at CEPT, Ahmedabad and has a Master’s degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Sonal’s keen interest in Japanese Architecture led her to do intensive undergraduate research on the Traditional Japanese Architecture. She has worked with world famous Architect Fumihiko Maki in Tokyo. Having travelled extensively across the globe, imbibing art and architecture from all over the world to absorbing sensibilities and experiences from different cultures, Sonal has developed a distinctive creative style of her own.
In January 2001 she started _OPOLIS a multidisciplinary design practice with Rahul Gore. Bringing their individual aesthetic strengths, technical expertise, creative inclinations and artistic vision to the table, the duo has made _OPOLIS one of the leading architectural firms in the country. _OPOLIS has won numerous National and International Awards in the past few years. Their work has been widely published in leading national and international architectural magazines. The Bihar Museum, Patna – won as an international competition along with Maki and Associates, Tokyo has been inaugurated recently. The young firm prides itself in having stayed away from a signature style but believes that most complex and beautiful solutions are often the simplest. _OPOLIS and Steven Holl Architects won the competition for The North Wing Extension to the Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai. More recently, Maki and Associates and _OPOLIS teamed up once again to win the Amravati Capital City Complex International competition.
Rahul Gore- Principal Designer, Partner
Rahul Gore has studied architecture at Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) in Ahmedabad and completed his Master’s Degree in Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
In January 2001, Rahul Gore along with Sonal Sancheti set up _OPOLIS, a multidisciplinary design practice. Since then the firm has grown from strength to strength winning several national as well as international awards and has been widely published. Opolis has recently completed the Bihar Museum, Patna project – won as an international competition along with Maki and Associates, Tokyo. _OPOLIS in collaboration with Steven Holl Architects, New York won the competition for Extension to the Bhauji Daji Lad Museum at Byculla, Mumbai.