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Access Architects: Leading Design Through Sustainability Efficiency & Technology

Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it; it indeed came to Access Architects. However, the road to success is less than comfortable, but a definite triumph. When a design studio grows exponentially, there is also a long and sometimes challenging horizontal growth attached to it too. Back in 1981, when Access Architects was in its conception stage, Jay Atul Shah started his practice with just a 40 sq. ft. office. He was the whole and sole of Access Architects. Only after years of toil, hard work, and a gradual growth that in 2014, Access Architects was working from a modest 3000 sq. ft. office with the strength of 20 team members. Today, the firm has scaled to a 52-member design team with a 15,000 sq. ft. studio and state-of-the-art design technology that helps the...