Shonit Kotian
Multidisciplinary Designer, based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Architectural Designer
Interior Designer
Furniture Designer
Exhibition Designer
Shonit Kotian
Multidisciplinary Designer, based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Architectural Designer
Interior Designer
Furniture Designer
Exhibition Designer
About
About
A multidisciplinary designer based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. With over four years of experience in the high-end boutique architecture market, I’ve led teams in designing and executing luxury spaces. I'm currently seeking architectural design opportunities where my skills, sensibilities, and experience can contribute to thoughtful and ambitious projects.
A multidisciplinary designer based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. With over four years of experience in the high-end boutique architecture market, I’ve led teams in designing and executing luxury spaces. I'm currently seeking architectural design opportunities where my skills, sensibilities, and experience can contribute to thoughtful and ambitious projects.
4+
4+
Years of Professional Experience
Years of Professional Experience
Years of Professional Experience
20+
20+
Executed
Projects
Executed
Projects
Executed Projects
100+
100+
Artisan, Craftsmen
and Artist Collaborations
Artisan, Craftsmen
and Artist Collaborations
Artisan, Craftsmen and Artist Collaborations
EDUCATION
FOUNDATION
Built Through Study
An academic foundation spanning architecture, interiors, and design thinking.
An academic foundation spanning architecture, interiors, and design thinking.
[2024-2026]
University of
Michigan
Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Speculative Architecture, Business (Ross School of Business), Entrepreneurship, Real estate, Theory, Construction.
Thesis Exhibition 2026, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
EXPERIENCE
DESIGN IN PRACTICE.
Rooshad Shroff
Project Lead Architect
[2020-2024]
Award-winning boutique multidisciplinary studio specializing in high-end residential architecture, luxury retail, interiors, furniture, exhibitions, and bespoke fabrication.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Architecture:
Spearheaded a 25,000+ sq ft luxury residential project for one of India’s influencial families, managing the entire project arc from initial brief, concept design and design development through construction documentation, consultant coordination, and on-site execution.
Team leadership across small project teams of junior architects, and specialist collaborators, coordinating drawings, design revisions, material research, and execution details.
Design documentation: prepared and coordinated architectural drawings, interior elevations, sections, details, presentation drawings, material palettes, and design documentation across multiple project phases, ensuring design intent was carried through to execution.
Client and consultant coordination: worked closely with clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and craftspeople to resolve design and technical issues across active projects, balancing requirements, site conditions, material constraints, and project schedules.
Interior Architecture:
Project lead for 2 high-end residential homes, recognized through Architectural Digest India’s AD 100 list and featured in Elle Decor magazine for excellence in architecture and interior design.
Louis Vuitton Mumbai Flagship, served as local architectural designer, coordinating with Louis Vuitton’s Paris design team, LV India, and local stakeholders on spatial design, special finishes, material specification, art integration, and custom furniture across all design and execution phases.
50,000+ sq.ft. of various Interior Design work across retail, residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects, supporting concept design, design development, documentation, material coordination, and site execution.
Hermès display window installations in Mumbai and Delhi across two seasonal rotations, supporting concept development, design detailing, material research, and fabrication coordination within international brand standards and compressed timelines.
Mixed-use residential tower, Supported design development for a mixed-use residential high-rise in Mumbai, including lobby, gym, and shared amenity spaces, coordinating architectural, interior, structural, and MEP inputs through design development and documentation.
Architecture:
Spearheaded a 25,000+ sq ft luxury residential project for one of India’s influencial families, managing the entire project arc from initial brief, concept design and design development through construction documentation, consultant coordination, and on-site execution.
Team leadership across small project teams of junior architects, and specialist collaborators, coordinating drawings, design revisions, material research, and execution details.
Design documentation: prepared and coordinated architectural drawings, interior elevations, sections, details, presentation drawings, material palettes, and design documentation across multiple project phases, ensuring design intent was carried through to execution.
Client and consultant coordination: worked closely with clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and craftspeople to resolve design and technical issues across active projects, balancing requirements, site conditions, material constraints, and project schedules.
Interior Architecture:
Project lead for 2 high-end residential homes, recognized through Architectural Digest India’s AD 100 list and featured in Elle Decor magazine for excellence in architecture and interior design.
Louis Vuitton Mumbai Flagship, served as local architectural designer, coordinating with Louis Vuitton’s Paris design team, LV India, and local stakeholders on spatial design, special finishes, material specification, art integration, and custom furniture across all design and execution phases.
50,000+ sq.ft. of various Interior Design work across retail, residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects, supporting concept design, design development, documentation, material coordination, and site execution.
Hermès display window installations in Mumbai and Delhi across two seasonal rotations, supporting concept development, design detailing, material research, and fabrication coordination within international brand standards and compressed timelines.
Mixed-use residential tower, Supported design development for a mixed-use residential high-rise in Mumbai, including lobby, gym, and shared amenity spaces, coordinating architectural, interior, structural, and MEP inputs through design development and documentation.
Architecture:
Spearheaded a 25,000+ sq ft luxury residential project for one of India’s influencial families, managing the entire project arc from initial brief, concept design and design development through construction documentation, consultant coordination, and on-site execution.
Team leadership across small project teams of junior architects, and specialist collaborators, coordinating drawings, design revisions, material research, and execution details.
Design documentation: prepared and coordinated architectural drawings, interior elevations, sections, details, presentation drawings, material palettes, and design documentation across multiple project phases, ensuring design intent was carried through to execution.
Client and consultant coordination: worked closely with clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and craftspeople to resolve design and technical issues across active projects, balancing requirements, site conditions, material constraints, and project schedules.
Interior Architecture:
Project lead for 2 high-end residential homes, recognized through Architectural Digest India’s AD 100 list and featured in Elle Decor magazine for excellence in architecture and interior design.
Louis Vuitton Mumbai Flagship, served as local architectural designer, coordinating with Louis Vuitton’s Paris design team, LV India, and local stakeholders on spatial design, special finishes, material specification, art integration, and custom furniture across all design and execution phases.
50,000+ sq.ft. of various Interior Design work across retail, residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects, supporting concept design, design development, documentation, material coordination, and site execution.
Hermès display window installations in Mumbai and Delhi across two seasonal rotations, supporting concept development, design detailing, material research, and fabrication coordination within international brand standards and compressed timelines.
Mixed-use residential tower, Supported design development for a mixed-use residential high-rise in Mumbai, including lobby, gym, and shared amenity spaces, coordinating architectural, interior, structural, and MEP inputs through design development and documentation.
“Shonit's commitment to ensuring the preservation of design intent throughout the entire process of design development and construction has been commendable. Shonit possesses a keen understanding of design across interiors, architecture, and product design, fueled by a genuine passion to explore innovative ideas and a persistent curiosity to learn.”
“Shonit's commitment to ensuring the preservation of design intent throughout the entire process of design development and construction has been commendable. Shonit possesses a keen understanding of design across interiors, architecture, and product design, fueled by a genuine passion to explore innovative ideas and a persistent curiosity to learn.”
Rooshad Shroff
Rooshad Shroff
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Perry Kulper
[2023-2025]
Award-winning architecture and design studio known for its contemporary approach to interiors, craftsmanship, and material-led spaces.
Award-winning architecture and design studio known for its contemporary approach to interiors, craftsmanship, and material-led spaces.
Award-winning architecture and design studio known for its contemporary approach to interiors, craftsmanship, and material-led spaces.
" I believe that structurally speaking, Shonit's work can serve as a kind of relational template that enables forms of deep, lost and the most contemporary forms of knowledge, to coalesce, to transform what is known, intelligently pointing to, and motivating the deep potential of a fast-changing world.”
Perry Kulper
Perry Kulper
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PUBLICATIONS
Editorial features
Stories Around The Work
Projects often take on a second life through publication and conversation. This archive brings together moments where the work was shared beyond the build
Projects often take on a second life through publication and conversation. This archive brings together moments where the work was shared beyond the build
CLIENTS
Across Scale & Context
Let’s Talk
Start with a Conversation
Every space begins with a clear idea. Let’s define it together.