# GA — Ganti & Associates (GA Design Consultants LLP)

> International architecture and lighting design practice with studios in Los Angeles (Ganti & Associates Inc.), Mumbai and Pune (GA Design Consultants LLP). Architecture, interiors, lighting design and master planning practiced as one integrated discipline, from concept to realization, with built work across the United States, India, Africa and Asia.

## Who GA is
- Founded and led by Shekar Ganti (Principal, Architecture — AIA, IIA, IASS; B.Arch Sir J.J. College of Architecture; Master of Building Science, USC; ten years as Senior Designer at Richard Meier & Partners, Los Angeles) and Kiran Ganti (Principal, Lighting Design — IALD; 20+ years of hospitality and residential lighting across the US and Asia).
- Disciplines: architecture, architectural lighting design, interior design, master planning, prefab/modular research and lighting product design.
- Sectors: luxury hospitality, private residences and villas, residential and commercial towers, townships and campuses, institutional, civic and sacred buildings.

## Recognition
- IES Lumen West Award 2021 — Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa, Uttarakhand (lighting design).
- IES Lumen West Award 2021 — Yokohama Bay Court Club Hotel & Spa, Japan (lighting design, with KKS Group).
- First Prize, international Superskyscrapers competition — Container Skyscraper, a 32-storey shipping-container housing tower proposed for Dharavi, Mumbai.
- Sheraton Grand Conakry, Guinea — Africa's first Platinum-rated green hotel; 282 rooms; 11-storey shell completed in five months using tunnel-form construction.

## Selected projects
- Hospitality: Sheraton Grand Conakry (Guinea), Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa, Taj Chia Kutir (Darjeeling), Taj Guras Kutir (Sikkim), JW Marriott Sahar Mumbai, JW Marriott LA Live, Four Seasons Mumbai, St. Regis San Francisco, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Hyatt on the Bund Shanghai, Yokohama Bay Court Club (Japan), Oberoi restaurants at Jio World Center Mumbai.
- Residential: Rait, Goa (Dynamix Group); Agarwal Residence, Aamby Valley; Trump Towers Pune; Panchshil Towers Pune; Sunteck Signature Island, Mumbai; W Estates villas, Pune.
- Master planning: Central Park Noida (50 acres, 22 towers), Urbana Bengaluru (150-acre township), TCS Training Campus Kerala (LEED India), W Estates Pune.
- Research/prefab (GA Lab): Container Skyscraper, Sky Pod, Sky Farms, Sky Office, Bollard and Giraffe Lamp lighting products.

## Clients & operators
Taj Hotels, Marriott International, Sheraton, The Oberoi Group, Four Seasons, Hyatt, Reliance, Tata Consultancy Services, Panchshil Realty, Bajaj Finserv, Sunteck Realty, YOO, Kirloskar, Sahara Group, Dynamix Group.

## Contact
- Project inquiries: info@ganti-associates.com
- WhatsApp (India): +91 70457 90135 — https://wa.me/917045790135
- WhatsApp (USA): +1 424 378 9670 — https://wa.me/14243789670
- Offices: Culver City, Los Angeles · Chembur, Mumbai · Wagholi, Pune
- Careers: jobs@ganti-associates.com

## Pages
- https://ganti-associates.com/ — Home (cinematic overview of the practice)
- https://ganti-associates.com/work — Portfolio index with per-project case studies at /work/{slug}
- https://ganti-associates.com/lighting — Lighting design studio, philosophy and lighting portfolio
- https://ganti-associates.com/studio — Firm profile, principals, process, clients
- https://ganti-associates.com/lab — Prefab research and product design
- https://ganti-associates.com/contact — Start a project