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Introduction

We Don’t Just Design. We DKODE IT.
DKODE was founded on a simple conviction: that the built environment deserves architects who think beyond borders.
The studio brings together a multinational team of architects, urban designers, and design technologists each shaped by international practice, each fluent in the language of complex, large-scale design. This is not a single design philosophy imported from one place. It is a collective intelligence, assembled deliberately, with the express purpose of meeting the ambition of the Gulf on its own terms.
What unites the team is not geography. It is standard. Every partner at DKODE has practiced at the highest levels of global architecture leading complex commissions, navigating demanding climates, and designing at a scale where precision is not optional. That experience, brought together under one studio, gives DKODE a fluency few firms in the region can match.
We were not built to follow an established way of working. We were built to bring the best of international design thinking directly into the UAE and to keep evolving it from here.

Our Strength

Core Team
Our team s a blend of creative thinkers, designers, and problem-solvers who bring diverse prespectives to every project.

Ar. Karan Daisaria

Design Principal Architect

Education
Masters in Urban Design, Columbia University's GSAPP, New York.

Signature Approach
Doctors give you life and Architects give you LIFESTYLE. It is imperative to be user centric yet bold and leave a mark in the urban fabric that makes on take a pause.

Ar. Devansh Daisaria

Design Principal Architect

Education
Masters in Advanced Architectural Design, Architectural Association, London, UK.

Signature Approach
I lead with a simple belief: great architecture is not just designed, it is deeply understood.

Ar. Mauricio Villagra dell'Erba

Design Partner, Dubai

Education
Masters in Advanced Architectural Design, Architectural Association, London, UK.

Signature Approach
Architecture gains meaning when it serves both the city and the individual.

Ar. Ameya Lokesh Kaulaskar

Design Director

Education
Masters in Urban Design, Virginia Tech B.Arch, University of Mumbai.

Signature Approach
Driven by storytelling, I use narrative to give architecture meaning, maintaining the ultimate rigor to carry the design intent through to every last detail.

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