About Us

We don't just design. We DKODE it.

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
Portrait of Ar. Karan Daisaria

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 one take a pause.”

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Portrait of Ar. Devansh Daisaria

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.”

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Portrait of Ar. Mauricio Villagra dell’Erba

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.”

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Portrait of Ar. Ameya Lokesh Kaulaskar

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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DKODE is an international architecture and design studio shaping the future of the built environment through architecture, urbanism, technology, and culture.