Deepthi is an overseas qualified Architect with a specialization in Sustainable Design. At PLP Architecture, she assists designs at early stages of the project, to be informed by a narrative of Building Performance and Whole Life Carbon Strategies. She ensures that designs make a positive impact on the users and on the environment simultaneously. She has experience working with projects of varied scales, typologies and geographical locations. Her motivation in the subject is through her dual role in utilizing her knowledge in the built environment though quantitative data leading to qualitative design strategies.

She has been recognized in 2024’s Edie 30 under 30 cohort for Young Leaders in Sustainability and is a Young Leaders Committee Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). She was invited for an interview with FutureBuild for their Podcast Series: https://youtu.be/AT5xJNS5zEA?si=xzdyJyvnklgJYNK2

She has an active industry engagement though her roles in various organizations, such as being the co-ordinator at the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) for the ‘Existing Buildings’ thematic group, as a Steering Committee member at the UK Architects Declare, as an Associate Member of the Sustainable Design Collective (SDC) and a graphics volunteer for London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI). She is also a chosen task group member for the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) Net Zero Framework Definition. 

She dedicates her interest in setting out core design principles to help close the performance gap and go beyond the delivery of a Sustainable Built Environment.