Bobby Mukherrji - Bobby Mukherrji Architects

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Bobby Mukherji

Bobby Mukherrji Architects

Bobby Mukherji Architects (BMA) is a globally recognized design practice delivering innovative, lifestyle-driven architecture across hospitality, aviation, residential, and urban development. With studios in Mumbai, Delhi, and Milan, BMA blends cultural sensitivity, technology, and refined luxury to create enduring spaces that elevate experiences and shape environments with international vision.

About Bobby Mukherrji Architects

Hilton, Gurugram

Design Team: BMA

Site Area: 2,50,000 sq. ft.

Completion of Project: Dec 2024

Client Name: Virendra Bhatia, Baani Group

Bobby Mukherrji - Bobby Mukherrji Architects
Image Credit - Siddharth Khandelwal

Concept Note

Hilton Gurugram Baani City Centre transforms the business hotel into an urban retreat, where light, sustainability, and regional craft define modern hospitality. Natural illumination, local materials, and calming spatial volumes create a sanctuary within the city. Here, luxury feels conscious, contemporary, and deeply connected to place and people.
Bobby Mukherrji - Bobby Mukherrji Architects

At the heart of Gurugram, Hilton Gurugram Baani City Centre reimagines the idea of a business hotel as an urban resort, offering guests not only efficiency but also a sense of retreat and renewal. Conceived as a sanctuary amid the city’s constant bustle, its design is rooted in the interplay of light, materiality, and sustainability, ensuring that business travel feels less transactional and more experiential.

Soft daylight filters through double-glazed frosted skylights that crown the atrium, diffusing the sun’s intensity while minimizing heat gain. Large glazed openings extend this rhythm of illumination across public spaces, shaded by cascading greenery that keeps interiors naturally lit through the day. Energy efficiency becomes a defining principle rather than an afterthought, seamlessly embedded into the architectural DNA to reduce environmental impact while enhancing comfort.

The sustainability ethos extends into every tactile and visual detail. Materials, finishes, and craftsmanship are sourced largely within a 300-kilometer radius: handwoven carpets from Agra, rattan and bamboo woven into custom furniture, and locally crafted lighting fixtures that celebrate regional skill. Only two materials travel from afar—Mediterranean travertine, adding softness and warmth, and preserved 600-year-old olive trees placed dramatically in the atrium. Their ancient presence offers a poetic reminder of resilience and timelessness, grounding the contemporary setting in nature’s continuity.

The design language draws from diverse global influences: the rational clarity of Le Corbusier, the minimalist restraint of Japanese architecture, and the understated elegance of Scandinavian design. These inspirations are layered with timber accents, cotton drapes, and earthy tones, creating interiors that remain expansive yet intimate.

Double-height volumes define the public realm, while sculptural staircases introduce visual drama and movement. Tatami-inspired partitions create flexible zones that respond to the needs of travelers—whether they seek solitude, collaboration, or community.

Hilton Gurugram Baani City Centre stands as a model of thoughtful, future-oriented hospitality. Every space encourages wellbeing through natural materials, soft lighting, and a quiet sense of balance that welcomes guests to slow down. Here, global modernism meets regional craft, and sustainability frames luxury in a way that speaks to the aspirations of a new generation of urban nomads, who value comfort as much as conscience.


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