mal:cha

design

architectureinteriorretail

Work

A selection of projects across architecture, interior, and retail.

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Housing

Kailash House

A courtyard residence in south Delhi, organised around light and cross-ventilation.

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Retail

Chikan Studio, Lucknow

A textile flagship where the display fixtures fold away to leave only the fabric.

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Interior

Panchsheel Apartment

A full interior fit-out for a family of four, built around one long shared table.

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Institutional

Sundernagar Library

A small public reading room, extended from an existing community hall.

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Retail

Bāhu Café, Goa

A café interior built almost entirely from reclaimed local teak and laterite.

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Design intent

We design with restraint, so what stays is what matters. Every project follows the same five stages.

01

Listen

We start with how the space will actually be used, not with a style to apply to it.

02

Concept

One clear idea, tested against site, budget, and the client's brief before anything is drawn.

03

Design

Plans, materials, and light are developed together, not layered on top of each other.

04

Detail

Every junction and finish is drawn before it is built, so nothing is improvised on site.

05

Deliver

We stay on site through construction and handover, not just through the drawings.

Good design disappears into how well a space works.

About

Who we are and how we work.

mal:cha is a small architecture and interior studio based in New Delhi, working across residential, retail, and institutional projects. We take on a limited number of projects a year so that each one gets full attention from concept through construction.

Our work draws on local material and craft rather than imported reference — most projects use materials and builders from within the region they're built in.

Raghav Malhotra

Raghav Malhotra

Architect

Rakshita Chaudhary

Rakshita Chaudhary

Architect

Contact

For project enquiries, collaborations, or to visit the studio.

Enquiries

hello@malchadesign.in

Phone

+91 98105 09313
+91 70424 36381

Studio

New Delhi, India

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