By the best architects & interior designers in Coimbatore

Nagappan has 8 years experience in design, execution and project management of Architectural & interior projects. He has worked in many Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Industrial projects in India and Singapore before joining Design Qube. He graduated from Thiagrajar college of Engineering, Madurai in the year 2007.Soon after graduation he started working at Coimbatore where he had the opportunity to work on projects like 2 lakh sft Engineering college at Namakkal, 3.5 lakh sft Garment Factory at Bangladesh, 5 acres Housing project at Coimbatore to name a few. After working for 4 years he decided to get some international exposure and so migrated to Singapore. In his 4 years of Singapore experience he had worked as Project Manager on 50,000 sft Commencial/Office project and 1.5 lakh sft High rise housing project to name a few. He also got the opportunity to learn advanced construction practices and systems which he tries to employ in his current projects. He holds a very special place in his heart for his alma mater & his teachers. He believes in paying it forward whatever he has learnt and this lead him to take up a teaching position at Tamil Nadu School of Architecture, Coimbatore for a short stint. Since then he has served as visiting faculty/guest lecturer at various architectural schools. His key areas of interest are sustainability and cost effective construction technology. He has participated in a week long workshop on Bamboo construction at Habitat Technology Group, Trivandrum and on Cost effective construction techniques at Laurie Baker Centre, Trivandrum. Being a native of the Chettinad region he has in depth knowledge about the climatological principles of Chettinad Architecture which reflects in his designs and detailing. He is also Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional (IGBC AP) who has complete understanding of Green building practices and certification process. Apart from being an Architect he is also a qualified Property Valuer. He is an Approved valuer certified by the Institution of Valuers, India. He has participated in various National level Seminars on Valuation in India. He has presented technical papers at various national level symposiums. He is a national champion at Archumen & Archumen- Pro- Indias biggest Architectural quiz. He is an active volunteer with Isha Foundation and has taken part in all its activities both in India and Singapore since childhood. He is avid reader of both English/Tamil literature and Kindle becomes his best companion during long travels. He loves trekking and has trekked on certain parts of the Himalayas and Western Ghats. His is passionate about music which lead him to take up Carnatic flute lessons since 2009 and he is proud to be music student forever.

Sivaraman.S (SSR) has been with DesignQube almost since its inception. With a Master of Architecture degree from Nottingham University, UK and work experience with IWA, London, L&T, Chennai and Sankalpan Architects, Mumbai, he does bring a diverse and rich blend of International and Corporate design experience along with Environmental and Green design ideas to the table. He currently takes care of operations in DesignQube, Chennai. He is involved in a number of Residential & Commercial Architecture projects with his scope of work ranging from Design to Project Management. In his tenure with IWA, a London based Design and build firm between 2009 and 2011, he was involved in Design and Refurbishments of High End Residences and Palaces in the UK and Gulf respectively. Relocating to Chennai in 2011, he joined, Arun Karthik to work for DesignQubes first ever project: renovation of a 10 storey office building in Chennai. Before re-joining designQube in April, 2013, he worked for Sankalpan Architects Private Ltd. and L&T- Integrated Engineering services. In his role as Project Architect with Sankalpan , he was involved in design and execution of corporate interiors for a Multinational clientele. During his tenure in L&T, he was part of the design team which Master Planned and designed an 175 Acre FMCG plant and was project lead for a 28,000 Sq.Ft Administration block in the same facility. He is a certified LEED Green Associate and has worked in projects which were registered towards achieving USGBC LEED Silver rating. Starting his design journey in 2002 from Architecture Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, he trained under Architect Raman Shukla of Studio 9491, New Delhi in 2005 and Architect Valliappan of Karvin Designs, Madurai in 2007. Before he went to pursue his M.Arch in UK, he also worked as Junior Architect for Ong&Ong Designs Pvt. Ltd. in 2007. An ardent cricket fan, he idolizes MSD and his leadership skills. Occasional badminton sessions, dancing and engaging himself in the blue social networking site is what he does when he is not designing.