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

Shonit Kotian is an architectural and multidisciplinary designer whose experience spans private residences, luxury retail, furniture and exhibitions. Over four years at Rooshad Shroff in Mumbai, he led projects from their first brief through design development, fabrication and construction, working between clients, consultants, craftspeople, artists and site teams.

His independent work extends that professional experience into a larger architectural inquiry. After completing his Master of Architecture at the University of Michigan, he began examining how design can absorb the knowledge of different people, tools and materials without losing the clarity of its original proposition.

Shonit Kotian is an architectural and multidisciplinary designer whose experience spans private residences, luxury retail, furniture and exhibitions. Over four years at Rooshad Shroff in Mumbai, he led projects from their first brief through design development, fabrication and construction, working between clients, consultants, craftspeople, artists and site teams.

His independent work extends that professional experience into a larger architectural inquiry. After completing his Master of Architecture at the University of Michigan, he began examining how design can absorb the knowledge of different people, tools and materials without losing the clarity of its original proposition.

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

EXPERIENCE

DESIGN IN PRACTICE.

Rooshad Shroff

Rooshad Shroff

Multidisciplinary Design Studio
Multidisciplinary Design Studio
[2020-2024]
[2020-2024]

Award-winning boutique multidisciplinary studio specializing in high-end residential architecture, luxury retail, interiors, furniture, exhibitions, and bespoke fabrication.

Award-winning boutique multidisciplinary studio specializing in high-end residential architecture, luxury retail, interiors, furniture, exhibitions, and bespoke fabrication.

Project Lead | Architectural Designer



Shonit joined Rooshad Shroff during a period of significant studio growth and progressed into a project-lead role. His work crossed architecture, interiors, furniture and exhibition design, but his responsibility remained consistent, to carry an idea through every stage at which it could be altered, diluted or lost.

That meant moving between concept design, client dialogue, construction documentation, consultant coordination, material research, specialist fabrication, costing and active construction sites. Working directly with craftspeople, artists and fabricators gave physical production an active role in the development of the work, not merely in its execution.


"Shonit's commitment to ensuring the preservation of design intent throughout the entire process of design development and construction has been commendable… a keen understanding of design across interiors, architecture, and product design."

"Shonit's commitment to ensuring the preservation of design intent throughout the entire process of design development and construction has been commendable… a keen understanding of design across interiors, architecture, and product design."

Rooshad Shroff

Rooshad Shroff

Perry Kulper

A professor whose own formation runs through Eisenman/Robertson, Robert A.M. Stern, and Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, reshaping how architects think about drawing itself as an instrument of design.

" 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

EDUCATION

FOUNDATION

Practice, made explicit.

An academic foundation spanning architecture, interiors, entrepreneurial studies and design thinking.

An academic foundation spanning architecture, interiors, entrepreneurial studies and design thinking.

[2024-2026]

University of
Michigan

Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Advanced fabrication, robotics, computation and mass timber. Coursework included classes in Ross School of Business in entrepreneurial studies and real estate,

At the University of Michigan, questions first encountered through professional work became the basis of an architectural investigation. Crafted Negotiations on tacit knowledge and the intelligence held in the negotiation between maker, tool and material. Exhibited at Taubman College, 2026.


Thesis Exhibition 2026, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

CLIENTS

Across Scale & Context

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Open to studio collaborations and private commissions wherever the work calls for the same care.

Let’s Talk

Start with a Conversation

Every space begins with a clear idea. Let’s define it together.