Rajiv Goyal graduated in architecture from Regional College of Engineering, University of Nagpur, earning distinctions in architectural design. He began practising while still at university, with early work including Hotel La Horee in 1983, before training in Paris with Pierre Cardin and gaining multidisciplinary exposure across architecture, interiors and lifestyle design.
His work spans cultural, institutional, hospitality, corporate and residential commissions. Selected experience includes assignments for the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, international Festival of India presentations with Rajiv Sethi, educational institutions, and projects for Hero Honda, Reliance Industries and leading automotive groups, alongside residences and commercial spaces in India and internationally.
Rajiv has spoken at international design and architecture forums, including a master class in Moscow in 2007 and a presentation in Verona. He has also served as a visiting jury member at NIFT since 1995. Through Art Livings, his practice brings together architecture, interiors, bespoke furniture, textiles, art curation and lifestyle design.