SSA Architects

What SSA Architects does

SSA Architects (legal entity Sandeep Shikre & Associates) is a privately held, multidisciplinary architecture firm founded in 1989 in Mumbai by Sandeep Shikre and Alpa Shikre, operating today with over 300 employees and a Pune office. The firm delivers four integrated service lines — Architecture, Interior Design, Project Management, and Climate & Sustainability — across commercial, residential, healthcare, educational, institutional, hospitality, retail, and public-building typologies in India, with project footprint in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, and Odisha.

Its delivery platform rests on a mature technology stack: Building Information Modelling (Revit) executed across LOD100–600 stages with a formal BIM Execution Plan; parametric design via Rhinoceros with Grasshopper for complex algorithmic forms; energy simulation through E-Quest DOE; Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis for airflow, heat transfer, and smoke/fire modeling; and physical wind tunnel testing for tall-building load responses. Outcome metrics disclosed include 15% lower thermal gains, 20% energy efficiency improvement at Kohinoor Square, 90% daylight function at Mudra House, and net-positive solar generation at the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial.

The business model is professional services on a project-by-project quoted basis, secured through direct enterprise engagement, reputation, referrals, and competitive bidding. Marquee projects include Kohinoor Square (India's tallest commercial tower at 203m, ~600 Crores in work orders), Asia's first LEED Platinum hospital (Kohinoor Hospitals), the 164-acre CIDCO PMAY housing project, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, IIT Bombay Auditorium renovation, MCA Cricket Museum, ABIL Boulevard, and Mudra House. The firm has delivered over 8 million sq ft of green-certified designs and is recognized by Forbes India (Top 30 Architects, 2021), CTBUH, Asia Pacific Property Awards, AIT-Germany, IIID Indexcellence, and Credai MCHI. Ownership remains concentrated with the founding partners and no external institutional capital has been disclosed.

Name

SSA Architects

Legal name

Sandeep Shikre & Associates

Website

https://ssaarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SSA Architects is a privately held, Mumbai-headquartered multidisciplinary architecture firm founded in 1989, offering integrated Architecture, Interior Design, Project Management, and Climate & Sustainability services to enterprise developers, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and government bodies across India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Project management consulting
• Sustainable building design
• High-rise architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional services revenue from architectural design for commercial, residential, institutional, and mixed-use projects. Includes concept design, schematic design, design development, and construction documentation.
2. Interior Design Services: Interior design services spanning diverse projects, crafting unique environments that blend form, function, and latest advancements for holistic and experiential design.
3. Project Management Services: Project management services optimizing projects from pre-design to handover, emphasizing value engineering and maximizing ROI through strategic, value-driven approaches.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SSA Architects is a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm providing integrated Architecture, Interior Design, Project Management, and Climate & Sustainability services for residential, commercial, mixed-use, institutional, hospitality, healthcare, public, and educational projects. The firm delivers concept design, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and post-occupancy facility management leveraging BIM, parametric design, CFD, wind tunnel testing, and energy simulation tools. Notable deliveries include Kohinoor Square (India's tallest commercial tower at 203m), National Salt Satyagraha Memorial (Net Zero), MCA Cricket Museum, ABIL Boulevard, IIT Bombay Auditorium, and Asia's first LEED Platinum hospital.

Product overview

SSA Architects is a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm offering integrated Architecture, Interior Design, Project Management, and Climate & Sustainability services. The firm operates across diverse project typologies including residential, commercial, mixed-use, institutional, hospitality, healthcare, public buildings, masterplanning, urban planning, conservation/adaptive reuse, renovation, affordable housing, and educational projects. Notable projects include Kohinoor Square (India's tallest commercial tower at 203m), National Salt Satyagraha Memorial (Net Zero), MCA Cricket Museum, ABIL Boulevard, IIT Bombay Auditorium, and Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (Asia's first LEED Platinum hospital). The firm has over 300+ employees and has delivered 8+ million sq ft of green-certified designs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architecture practice covering residential, commercial, institutional, mixed-use, hospitality, healthcare, and public building projects, with expertise in sustainable and climate-responsive design.
• Interior Design

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 million safe man-hours achieved on CIDCO PMAY project
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IIID Thane Regional ChapterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025IIID Thane Regional Chapter (TRC) led by Rashmi Tiwari hosted 'Design Matters: Blueprints of the Future' event featuring Ar. Sandeep Shikre of SSA Architects as keynote speaker.
• IES College of ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024SSA mentors students from IES College of Architecture in Solar Decathlon India, a global competition challenging students to design net-zero-energy-water buildings. The partnership fosters sustainable architecture education and innovation, with IES emerging as runners-up in the final Division (office building) jury and winning the People's Choice Award.
• Kohinoor Planet Construction Pvt. LtdminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Project Partner supporting IES College of Architecture team mentored by SSA in Solar Decathlon India 2024 competition.
• CEPT UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Academic partner collaborating with IES College of Architecture and Fr. C Rodrigues Institute of Technology for Solar Decathlon India 2024.
• Fr. C Rodrigues Institute of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Academic partner collaborating with IES College of Architecture and CEPT University for Solar Decathlon India 2024.
• National Safety Council of IndiaminorOthers · 1 January 2024SSA participates in National Safety Day observance which commemorates the establishment of National Safety Council of India in 1972, an organization formed with the vision of protecting lives through awareness, education, and preventive action.
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024SSA participated in CII Annual Business Summit 2024 with Ar. Sandeep Shikre delivering address on Net Zero India: Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Industry and Buildings. CII has facilitated 12 billion square feet of green building space and launched the 'CII Net Zero Programme'.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Morphogenesis: One of India's leading award-winning architecture firms (Delhi-based), comparable to SSA in offering integrated architecture, interior, and sustainability services across commercial, institutional, healthcare and residential typologies with a strong green-building focus.
• Hafeez Contractor: India's largest architecture practice by volume and headcount, covering residential, commercial, institutional and hospitality projects. Comparable to SSA in serving marquee Indian developers and tackling large-scale mixed-use and tall-building commissions.
• Sanjay Puri Architects: Mumbai-headquartered contemporary architecture practice with strong presence in commercial, hospitality, residential and institutional projects across India — a direct peer to SSA in scale, geography, and integrated design approach.

Emerging players

• UNStudio: Dutch architecture firm known for parametric and technology-driven design, with selective India projects. Comparable to SSA in technology-led differentiation and focus on complex, large-scale commercial and cultural commissions.
• RMJM: International architecture firm with established India operations delivering commercial, residential, hospitality and tall-building projects. Overlaps with SSA in high-rise expertise and Indian developer client base.

Broad incumbents

• HOK: Global architecture, engineering and design firm with India operations serving commercial, healthcare and institutional clients — comparable to SSA in its integrated design + engineering approach and large-project capability.
• Perkins&Will: International architecture practice with a strong India healthcare, education and commercial portfolio. Comparable to SSA in targeting institutional and healthcare clients with sustainability-led design solutions.
• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm with a significant India presence focused on commercial offices, workplace, hospitality and mixed-use — directly comparable to SSA in serving enterprise and developer clients on large-scale interior and architecture commissions.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture incumbent with an active India practice on commercial towers, mixed-use and institutional projects. Competes with SSA for premium Indian mandates where international profile and design pedigree are valued.

Regional players

• KPDN (Kanhaiyalal Poddar Design Network): Indian architecture and interior design practice with strong Western India presence across commercial, residential and hospitality projects. Comparable to SSA in integrated architecture + interior design offering for regional developer and enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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