2024-05-19T17:33:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150360919/everything-in-design-is-extremely-collaborative-a-conversation-with-emerging-architecture-practice-studio-muka Katherine Guimapang 2023-09-01T08:13:00-04:00 >2023-09-01T12:29:25-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/93/93806136182d31ddc84086222fadc90c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Starting your own practice comes with a mixture of excitement, collaboration, stressors, and endless problem-solving. As a new firm, architects Neda Kakhsaz and Zabie Mustafa are developing their approach to architectural design and how they would like to make their mark within the industry. After meeting as architecture students at <a href="https://archinect.com/pratt" target="_blank">Pratt Institute</a>, they have embarked on showcasing their design sensibilities by creating strong narratives surrounded by a specific "theme or topic as it relates to the sensibilities of the project location" with their collaborators and clients.</p> <p>For our latest <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1222145/studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshots</a> installment, we chat with Neda and Zabie, co-founders of <a href="https://archinect.com/studio-muka" target="_blank">Studio MUKA</a>, to discuss their journey of starting their own firm and what they hope to create as a budding design practice.&nbsp;</p>