Rangr Studio

Since 2004, Rangr Studio has deployed the principles of ancient design with contemporary materials and methods to find poetic and harmonious solutions to a wide variety of design challenges. Rather than imposing a structure on an environment, the Studio creates essential architectural forms in harmony with the surrounding landscape–whether rural or urban in setting.

Founder Jasmit Singh Rangr grew up on the coasts of India, and in the UK, was educated at Yale, and is currently bi-coastal between California and New York. His life experience and training inform Rangr Studio’s philosophy — an approach that is deeply sensitive to the interaction between climate, landscape, culture, and architecture. From his time and travels in India, Rangr has drawn inspiration from the Mughal architects’ mastery of solar energy, air and water, as well ancient Indian step-wells’ profound integration of landscape and culture. His formal training taught him to think of architecture as the creation of space between forms, and to think of context as a pre-existing and vital part of every architectural design solution. And through his practical experience building in an era of climate crisis, Rangr has learned to look simultaneously to the future and to the past for solutions by pioneering innovative uses of new, sustainable materials and reinvigorating ancient design principles that respect the earth’s limited resources and the life-giving power of the sun.