About

AMAR ARCHITECTS

studio@amargurung.com

nepal +977 9802365339

aus +61 473166076

Amar Architects (previously known as Studio MRAA) is a Kathmandu based design led architecture and interior design practice with a strong focus on finely crafted projects.

To us architecture goes beyond the four walls. Architecture for us is a means to interrogate social, political, economic and philosophical ideas and issues that surrounds us. It looks at history, culture and art to form ideas and points of references.  It is a means to understand these topics from a different perspective with the hope of finding solutions or suggest paths that lead to some sort of solution. We believe in simple, locally innovative, holistic design approach and to produce clever site responsive architecture and design solutions that challenges the status quo. 

We believe that materials, space, lighting and the composition of these elements can change the way one experiences space. 

We like to think of our projects as a human; unique and particular to the site, clients, brief and purpose at hand, with a focus on sustainability and integration with landscape and community.

Amar started his design education in Singapore, graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore with a Diploma in Interior Architecture after which he worked for an interior design firm, Obllique in Singapore; working on hospitality and residential projects. 

He then moved to Australia to pursue architecture graduating with a Bachelor's degree from the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and a Master's degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). His international studies at UTAS and RMIT with Australian architects such as Peter Corrigan and Ashton Raggatt McDougall was integral to his foundational years prior to returning and working in Kathmandu. Amar gained valuable lessons on architecture under these architects, that now shape his design approach and critical thinking about the built environment.