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Rustam Mehta

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Co-founder & Principal at GRT Architects

Rustam Mehta is co-founder and principal of GRT Architects, the Brooklyn-based studio he launched with Tal Schori in 2014, working on residential and hospitality renovations as well as product design for manufacturers including ize and KAZA Concrete. He studied architectural history at Brown University and earned a Master of Architecture from Yale. Before founding GRT, he spent seven years as a senior associate at Cesar Pelli's Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, taught at Wesleyan University, and worked as an exhibition designer at the Brooklyn Museum. He and Schori teach a course on historically informed surface embellishment at Columbia University's GSAPP.

Experience

  1. Co-founder & Principal

    GRT Architects

    2014 – present

    Current

Past projects

  1. Bad Roman

    Restaurant · Columbus Circle, New York, NY

    Maximalist Italian restaurant designed by GRT Architects.

  2. Cucina Alba

    2022

    Restaurant · Chelsea, New York, NY

Awards & press

  • 2015 AIA New York State Design Award

    AIA New York State · 2015

  • 2015 MIA Pinnacle Award of Excellence

    Natural Stone Institute · 2015

  • 2018 Hospitality Design Awards Finalist

    Hospitality Design Awards · 2018

Education

  • Yale University

    M.Arch