By Pari
Syal
Photography: courtesy the architects
Felicitations seem the order of the day world over.
Celebrating architecture, we bring you the annual architecture awards by Indian
Institute of Architects – by the Architects, for the Architects…
Infrastructure, urban development, town planning, buildings
and their distinctive architectural vocabulary in the midst of heritage structures,
modern skyscrapers, vernacular idioms and world views… this is perhaps one
field that explores design to the maximum; and considered to be the Mother of
all Arts, has undergone and continues to showcase a sea-change, showing
transformations in all its parameters – in recent times – a lot in its
geometry, depending on the who, where and why of a building! And each of these
efforts are celebrated via some or the other awards and felicitations somewhere
across the world.
Winners of IIA Awards 2012 |
India’s exclusive and most prestigious honour bestowed upon professionals in India, for Excellence
in Architecture, which aims
to encourage, acknowledge, appreciate and honour the significant contributions
of member professionals, was recently concluded – on 14th
Oct’12 at Mumbai.
Being one
of the oldest and most respected marks of success in the architects and
builders community in India, the awards are the only ones that are judged by
the architects, for architects all over India and are chosen by an independent
panel of member representatives from each region, who act as jury during the
judging process.
The
awardees for year 2012 are:
Residential Category
Awardee: Single Residence - Ar.
Jayadev, Cochin
Project: Rithu, Cochin
Highlights of Project: Integrated indoor-outdoor
transition; simple lines; play of
colours; ample natural light and ventilation.
Awardee: Multi-storey -Ar. Kiran
Venkatesh of InFORM Archietcts, Bangalore
Project: Housing Tower One, Hyderabad
Highlights
of Project: Green
features; responsible living and social interaction spaces; strong massing and
colour scheme; aesthetic of building
derived from functional and creative moves intrinsic to planning rather than as external
application of elements.
Housing Tower One - Ar. Kiran Venkatesh |
Public Category
Awardee: Ar. Manit Rastogi & Ar.
Sonali Rastogi of Morphogenesis, New Delhi
Project: City Centre, Siliguri
Highlights of Project: Most significant is the bio-climatological
approach; interface between township and city; break-out
spaces in the form of landscaped terraces on each floor; indigenous to the city.
City Centre, Siliguri -Ar. Sonali & Manit Rastogi |
Interiors Category
Awardee: Ar. Tushar V. of Ochre
Architects, Bangalore
Project: No. 20, Office Extension
Highlights of Project: Functional planning with
break-free geometry; water bodies; innovative and significant interiors.
Landscape-Design Category
Awardee: Ar. Akash Hingorani of Oasis
Designs Inc., New Delhi
Project: Bhairon Marg Urban Landscape,
New Delhi.
Highlights of Project: Integrated
approach of urban planning that amalgamates the field of Landscape design,
transport planning and urban design to bring about a cohesive space that works
for the pedestrians as well as vehicles.
Bhairon Marg Urban Landscape - Ar. Akash Hingorani |
Research Category
Awardee: Ar. Yatin Pandya of Footprints
E.A.R.T.H., Ahmedabad
Project: Concepts of Space
Highlights of Project: Unravelling the inherent
virtues of traditional Indian Architecture and interpreting them as universal
dictums, relevant to reinstate in contemporary times.
Adalaj Miniature - Ar. Yatin Pandya |
Industrial Category
Awardee: Ar. Sunil Patil of SPA, Pune
Project: Fratelli Wines, Akluj
Highlight of Project: Soul of this building are intricately designed spaces, which
interact with each other in such a manner that the visitor can feel the process
of wine making. Landscape as key microclimate modifier. Simple no-nonsense
approach.
Fratelli Wines - Ar. Sunil Patil |
Heritage Buildings
Awardee: Ar. Pankaj & Ar. Pranoti
Modi, Ahmedabad
Project: Restoration, Rehabilitation
& Retrofit - LIMBDI
Highlights of Project: Sensitivity hand-in-glove with
dynamism – an ideal approach to heritage architecture.
Urban Infrastructure
Awardee: Ar. Sourabh Gupta of Archohm,
Noida
Project: Vadodara Bharuch Toll Plaza
Highlights of Project: Reinterpreting urban
infrastructure typology through dramatic visual experience and functional optimization.
Vadodara Bharuch Toll Plaza - Ar. Sourabh Gupta |
IAnD
heartily congratulates its architect friends on their most recent
accomplishments!
Housing Tower One looks really cool! nice article :)
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