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group DCA Shaping the world through Design, Craft and Building Technology.

Group DCA is a multi-disciplinary Architecture & Interior Design firm, based out of New Delhi, India. Founded in the year 1996, the firm has to its credit, remarkable, award-winning, widely acclaimed projects across diverse typologies such as Residential, Retail, Hospitality and Workspaces. With core values of Design excellence, Innovation and Customer satisfaction, the firm has been able to succe

ssfully partner with various Brands (both national & International) in the conceptualization & implementation of Brand identities.

29/07/2026

Some places earn their atmosphere slowly. Klap does it the moment you walk in.

A double-height entry, terrazzo underfoot, and light already working its way across every surface. The custom floor set the tone for everything that followed, its colour palette reflected back through mirrors placed along the ceiling, stretching the room and giving it a vintage warmth it wears effortlessly.

Seating shifts as you move through the space. Livelier downstairs, quieter up on the mezzanine, where the light settles differently and the room feels like it belongs to whoever is sitting in it.

By afternoon, natural light folds into the warm artificial glow and the two stop feeling separate. The terrazzo picks it up, the mirrors pass it along, and the whole interior hums at a frequency that is somehow both energising and easy.

Khan Market has that effect on places. This one just leans into it.

(Architecture · Interior Design · Restaurant Interiors · Natural Light · Vintage)

In India, designing for heat isn’t optional. It’s what every spatial decision eventually comes back to.groupDCA’s work f...
28/07/2026

In India, designing for heat isn’t optional. It’s what every spatial decision eventually comes back to.

groupDCA’s work finds a place in The Hindu’s edit on homes built to beat the heat. From deep verandahs and shaded thresholds to carefully oriented openings and materials drawn from the site itself, the approach has always been the same — let the climate shape the architecture, not the other way around. When design is rooted in context and responsive to its conditions, sustainability follows naturally.

Thank you, , for keeping this conversation going.

A wall that began as an experiment, not a finished idea.When locally available stone wasn’t an option for this Punjab re...
27/07/2026

A wall that began as an experiment, not a finished idea.

When locally available stone wasn’t an option for this Punjab residence, the design turned to earth and brick. But before construction began, the material had to prove itself. Sample walls were built, testing different mixes, textures and finishes until the right balance was achieved.

What stands today is a rammed earth wall made from the very soil excavated on site to create the home’s reservoir. Tapering from 600 mm at the ground floor to 300 mm above, it does more than define space. It regulates temperature, reflects an iterative design process, and carries the story of the site within its layers.

(Architecture, Rammed Earth, Material Testing, Sustainable Construction, Punjab)

A multi-generational home is shaped as much by its moments of pause as by those when everyone comes together.In a home s...
22/07/2026

A multi-generational home is shaped as much by its moments of pause as by those when everyone comes together.

In a home shared across generations, moments of privacy become just as important as moments of connection. A reading corner overlooking the landscape, a quiet seat by a window, a lounge tucked away from the activity of the house, or a space along a circulation path that invites pause rather than movement.

These spaces may occupy a small footprint, but they play an important role in how the home functions. They provide opportunities for reflection, conversation, and retreat without creating a sense of separation from the larger family environment.

At House of Two Worlds, these moments are carefully woven into the planning, ensuring that the architecture responds not only to how families gather, but also to how individuals seek comfort, quiet, and personal space.

Because living together works best when there is room for both connection and solitude.

(Architecture, Residential Design, Multi-Generational Living, Joint Family Homes, Contemporary Homes, Spatial Planning, Human-Centred Design, Residential Architecture, Interior Design, Spatial Experience)

Connection works best when it is built into the architecture itself.At the centre of House of Two Worlds, a double-heigh...
20/07/2026

Connection works best when it is built into the architecture itself.

At the centre of House of Two Worlds, a double-height family lounge creates a shared heart for the home. Anchored by a sculptural spiral staircase and illuminated by a large northeast-facing corner window, the space brings daylight, movement, and family life into a single volume.

A glass-lined lounge above provides a more informal setting for everyday interaction, while the basement extends the home’s capacity to gather. Designed as a flexible entertainment zone, it accommodates dining, celebrations, recreation, and retreat through spaces that can expand or contract using sliding partitions.

These spaces are not simply amenities.

They are the social framework that allows a multi-generational home to function as a family home.

(Architecture, Residential Design, Double-Height Spaces, Family Lounge, Flexible Interiors, Multi-Generational Living, Contemporary Homes, Spatial Experience)

Before the brass arches and the glow of northern light, Citadines Citadines Paras Square Gurugram was a set of decisions...
17/07/2026

Before the brass arches and the glow of northern light, Citadines Citadines Paras Square Gurugram was a set of decisions waiting to be tested — furniture mock-ups, material samples, lighting studies under different conditions.

From prototype to presence, every choice at this Gurugram hospitality space was weighed against how it would actually feel to sit, eat, and linger within it. The slender brass arches that now define the dining sequence, the in-house furniture chosen to avoid repetition, the round brass-stem lights that scale the room to human proportion — each began as a sample, a sketch, a test.

What stands today at Paras Square is the result of that process, where sophistication and warmth were built decision by decision, not assumed from the start.

(Architecture, Interior Design, Hospitality Design, Design Process, Gurugram)

Every façade begins with a set of principles before it becomes a composition.For this design, we explored how classical ...
15/07/2026

Every façade begins with a set of principles before it becomes a composition.

For this design, we explored how classical architectural elements could be reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. Columns were used to establish order, rhythm, and proportion across the elevation, creating a clear structural language and a strong street presence.

The process was one of refinement. The width and spacing of the columns, the depth of projections, the relationship between solid and void, and the hierarchy of elements were studied through multiple iterations before the design was resolved.

Rather than replicating a classical façade, the intent was to draw from its underlying principles while responding to contemporary ways of building and living.

The result is an elevation that balances familiarity with restraint, creating a sense of permanence through proportion, scale, and composition.

Sustainability starts at home, and sometimes it starts with the walls.groupDCA’s work was featured on the cover of Times...
13/07/2026

Sustainability starts at home, and sometimes it starts with the walls.

groupDCA’s work was featured on the cover of Times Property this Environment Day, as part of a special on how urban homes are quietly shifting toward more responsible design. Greener facades, passive cooling, locally sourced materials, natural light over artificial, spaces that age well without constant renovation.

As Rahul Bansal Rahul Bansal , Partner, groupDCA shares in the feature, “A sustainable home ages well and does not need constant renovation.”
Grateful to Times Property and journalist Rohan Patil for the thoughtful conversation around design that lasts.

(Sustainability · Sustainable Design · Media Feature · Environment Day · Times Property)

Luxury is rarely in the obvious gesture.It’s in the junction where brushed gold meets backlit onyx without a visible sea...
11/07/2026

Luxury is rarely in the obvious gesture.

It’s in the junction where brushed gold meets backlit onyx without a visible seam. It’s in the hand-inlaid lapis lazuli marble flower that radiates outward from the centre of the aangan, each cut measured to the millimetre. It’s in the gold-leaf work applied by hand across the ceiling, or the Tikri mirror inlay set by Rajasthani craftsmen into surfaces most visitors will only glimpse in passing.

At Raniwala 1881, every proportion was drawn from the family’s ancestral haveli in Beawar, then translated with a level of detailing that turns construction into craft. These are the moments that don’t announce themselves, but they’re the ones that make a space feel inevitable.

(Architecture, Interior Design, Retail Design, Craftsmanship, Material Detailing, Luxury Retail)

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