Rahul Mehrotra is an architect, urbanist and educator who is the founder principal of RMA Architects and is professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Mehrotra has designed projects that range from recycling urban land and master planning in Mumbai to the design of art spaces, boutiques, weekend houses, factories, social institutes and office buildings across India. He studied at the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad graduated with a master’s degree in urban design with distinction from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard (1987). He was the executive director (1994–2004) of the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI), where he is now a trustee and has taught at the University of Michigan (2003–2007) and at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at MIT (2007–2010). Mehrotra has written and lectured extensively on issues to do with architecture, conservation and urban planning in Mumbai and India. www.rmaarchitects.com