Selected work — RIA architecture

Thiruvanmiyur Primary School · 2023

RAYAN
IBRAHIM

ARCHITECTS

Schools  ·  Commercial  ·  Residential  ·  Industrial

+91 98765 43210 View Our Work

Chennai, Tamil Nadu — Est. 2008

SELECTED WORK

(06)
Commercial Retail Complex — Ambattur

Commercial

Ambattur Retail Complex

82,000 sq ft  ·  2022

Villa Residence — ECR

Residential

ECR Private Villa

7,400 sq ft  ·  2023

Industrial Facility — Sriperumbudur

Industrial

Sriperumbudur Facility

1,20,000 sq ft  ·  2021

School Campus — Poonamallee

Schools

Poonamallee School Campus

1,85,000 sq ft  ·  2020

Corporate Office — Guindy

Commercial

Guindy Corporate Office

54,000 sq ft  ·  2023

Residential Block — Anna Nagar

Residential

Anna Nagar Housing Block

32,000 sq ft  ·  2022

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SECTORS

(04)

SCHOOLS

14 projects completed

Purpose-built learning environments from primary schools to large campuses. We prioritise natural ventilation, daylight, and safe circulation — architecture that supports how students actually learn, not just how institutions want to appear.

COMMERCIAL

11 projects completed

Retail interiors, office buildings, and mixed-use developments at scale. Our commercial work spans large-format retail to corporate headquarters — always led by operational logic and built to last a decade of heavy daily use.

RESIDENTIAL

9 projects completed

Individual homes and multi-unit housing. Private villas along the ECR, apartment blocks in the city core, and weekend homes on the outskirts — each calibrated to site, climate, and how a family intends to live in it.

INDUSTRIAL

6 projects completed

Manufacturing plants, logistics hubs, and warehousing facilities across the Chennai–Pune corridor. Structurally complex, operationally demanding projects delivered on compressed timelines — from site approval to occupancy.

OUR PROCESS

(05 STAGES)
01

BRIEF & SITE

Understanding the brief in full — programme, constraints, timeline, and budget reality. We visit the site before drawing a single line. What the land allows shapes what the building becomes.

02

CONCEPT DESIGN

Schematic drawings, massing studies, and concept boards. We present two or three strong directions — not a hundred options — and refine one together until the idea is clear and you own it.

03

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Detailed drawings, structural and MEP coordination, material selection. We resolve the building fully on paper before any work breaks ground — reducing site ambiguity and costly late-stage revisions.

04

APPROVALS & TENDERING

Handling CMDA, local body, and fire clearances in-house. Tender documents and contractor selection — we prepare the BOQ and evaluate bids so you are not comparing apples to oranges.

05

SITE SUPERVISION

On-site presence through construction — weekly inspections, contractor coordination, and deviation control. The building that gets built should match the building that was designed. We stay until it does.

THE STUDIO

EST. 2008

Rayan Ibrahim Architects is a Chennai-based practice founded on the premise that good architecture is first a discipline of listening. We are not a studio that forces a signature aesthetic onto every project. We are one that asks what each brief genuinely requires — and builds that, rigorously.

Over sixteen years, we have completed work across four distinct sectors — schools, commercial, residential, and industrial — in Chennai, the NCR, and Maharashtra. Our projects range from 1,500 sq ft private residences to 1,85,000 sq ft institutional campuses. Scale does not change our standards.

The studio operates as four sector practices under one roof, each led by a partner with specialist experience. Clients deal with the person accountable for their building, from brief to handover.

40+

Projects delivered

16

Years established

4

Sector practices

RIA studio, Chennai

THE TEAM

(04 PARTNERS)
Rayan Ibrahim

Rayan Ibrahim

Founding Partner  ·  All Sectors

Priya Subramaniam

Priya Subramaniam

Partner  ·  Schools

Vikram Nair

Vikram Nair

Partner  ·  Commercial

Meera Anand

Meera Anand

Partner  ·  Residential & Industrial

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CHENNAI

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+91 98765 43210

Studio address

No. 14, 3rd Floor, Casa Major Road
Egmore, Chennai — 600 008
Tamil Nadu, India

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