Studio Saar’s multidisciplinary team of architects, makers, researchers and communicators works across different cultural contexts, in the UK and India, with the same vision - to craft places and spaces that uplift those in and around them. ‘Saar’ means ‘essence’ in Sanskrit and exploring the soul of a brief, a place and its people is fundamental to the practice’s approach. Studio Saar founders, Ananya Singhal and Jonny Buckland, met at the University of Bath School of Architecture in 2003, where they found common ground in the desire to drive positive social and environmental change. Whether in Somerset or Rajasthan, the studio’s approach interprets vernacular traditions through a contemporary lens to deliver innovative, relevant, and beautiful design solutions across a range of typologies.
