Prabhu Sugumar

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Prabhu Sugumar (born 1982) is an Indian-born international architect and educator and the founder and design Director of LAYA Architects, a multi-nodal company working across Asia and the United States.

Education and career

Sugumar studied architecture in India and later completed graduate study from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles.

Sugumar’s career spans international project contexts across Asia and North America, combining cultural projects, public interiors, and community-oriented work before founding LAYA Architects.

Sugumar has been invited into academic and professional settings through teaching activity, workshops, invited critiques, and design juries, including involvement connected to the Solar Decathlon.

Professional activities

Prabhu Sugumar founded LAYA Architects as a cross-border practice with offices in Beijing (China) and India, and projects described in the United States.

Sugumar’s earlier professional credits also include participation as part of the work team for the Archifest Zero Waste Pavilion project.

Selected works

  • New Delhi Hall, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretariat, Beijing
  • Masjid Ul-Haqq 2030, Baltimore - Masjid Ul-Haqq, widely cited as Baltimore’s oldest continuously used Islamic place of worship and a Baltimore City Landmark (designated in 2003).
  • Sugumar has been involved in chapter programming connected to AIA Shanghai | Beijing and is identified as the Beijing representative in an AIA Shanghai publication. The same publication describes his role organizing Beijing-based activities including lectures, site visits, and architecture-related film screenings to foster professional exchange and public engagement.

Exhibitions and public forums

Sugumar has presented work and participated in public design forums in Beijing, including programs associated with China International Fashion Week / China Fashion Summit and Beijing Design Week (via PechaKuchaBeijing programming).

He has also appeared in programming connected to Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, including the “Master Talks #Art & Tech” forum held with PechaKuchaBeijing.