Rajeev Thakker obtained his Bachelors of Architecture from Syracuse University in 1994 and later pursued his Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia Universities GSAPP. He started his own practice,a-RT, which through a series of investigative processes, taking a keen interest in documenting the city & various spatial conditions through cartographic, architectural & other diverse means. Over the past 13 years a-RT has designed and realized several projects in the Hospitality, Retail, Commercial, Residential and Art space segments.