Sonali Rastogi


Sonali Rastogi is an Indian architect and the Founder Partner of Morphogenesis, an Indian Architectural practice. She is a fellow at Indian Institute of Architects, the Royal Society of the Arts, UK, and a member of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission. She is winner of the Singapore Institute of Architects SIA Getz Award.

Early life and education

Born and raised in New Delhi, Sonali comes from a family of Architects.. Sonali graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture in 1991 and then went on to the Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London. There she studied Housing and Urbanism with George Fiori and at ‘The Design Research Lab’ with Jeff Kipnis, emerging with two Graduate Diplomas in 1995. She returned to India in 1996 to co-found Morphogenesis with her partner Manit Rastogi. Over the course of its existence, the practice has become an award-winning, widely published, global front for contemporary Indian Architecture.

Career

Sonali lectures extensively across the globe and has been a part of various academic and design juries including The New York Design Summit, The GRIHA Conference and India Design ID 2013 Symposium. She has been invited as a speaker at various events such as Women Leaders in India Conference & Awards, Pecha Kucha etc. Sonali is also a founder member of manthan; a cross-cultural creative platform for creative exchange, aiming to be a voice to the Indian creative community.

Recognition

Sonali has been awarded as Co-Laureate of the SIA Getz Award for Emergent Architecture in Asia, Singapore 2014, which seeks to bring recognition to Asian architects, who through their vision and commitment have made a significant contribution in shaping the changing landscape of Asia.Her other accolades include the YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award, and recognition as one of the 10 leading women architects in India by A+D. Other magazines such as India Today, Femina and Elle Decor have featured her as a pre-eminent Indian woman architect.

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