Arjun Desai AIA is a principal of Desai Chia Architecture, which he founded with his partner & wife, Katherine Chia. The firm’s work celebrates conceptually bold design, deliberate eloquence, and graceful simplicity driven by a guiding principle that architecture can transform communities. Desai Chia’s projects have been published extensively and received many accolades including numerous AIA Design Awards, American Architecture Awards, Interior Design Best of Year Awards, and an AIA Institute Honor Award. In 2025, Desai Chia received the Architizer A+ Award for Best Small Architecture Firm (globally). Desai Chia is also on Architizer’s list of the top 100 US architecture firms and Forbes magazine’s list of the top 200 residential American architecture firms. In 2019, Architect magazine ranked Desai Chia Architecture as one of the top 20 American architecture firms for design excellence.