At the forefront of Indian design and architecture today, Abin Design Studio was set up in 2005 by Ar. Abin Chaudhuri. The Kolkata-based practice has since earned numerous accolades across various typologies. ADS believes that architecture is an artistic expression so far as it transcends its purely its utilitarian, technical, and rational realm. It then becomes a metaphoric expression of the lived world, human condition and context. The spirit of learning from everything around burns bright in the ADS team.

Dalvi Associates, headed by architects Rahul and Swapnil Dalvi, is an architectural practice focused on contextual designing with a thorough understanding of users, environs, and architecture as a collective. Featured here is a project conceptualized on the basis of the clients’ vision of ‘Indian Sustainability,’ for a construction firm’s 2700 sq.ft. office.

I believe… that modernism will never perish. I am often asked how long the modernist style will last and I always say that anything rational and logical is forever; it will always have a place in design.

Ninad Tipnis, founder and principal architect at JTCPL Designs, has steadfastly paved his way into the large and challenging corporate sector. Having grown from a crew of three in 2002 to over fifty, the JTCPL team has worked hard to offer design outputs that satisfy the clients’ expectations. JTCPL Designs is a global design firm today, marking its presence all over India, UAE, USA, Jordan, Malaysia, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Anchoring the design & build practice of JTCPL Designs, is a simple philosophy - “It is never about ‘Race Day’, it is who you become while you practice.

With a B.Arch. from VRCE Nagpur, Masters in Urban & Regional Planning plus a PhD in Urban Service Delivery from CEPT University Ahmedabad, Dr. Praful Gharpure holds a Project Management Professional Certification from PMI, USA and Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from ASQ, USA. Presently associated with Tata Consultancy Services as a Senior Consultant, the academically-driven architect proposes some insightful changes in the current architectural education offered in India. Here we present some excerpts from his paper - Leveraging Design and Project Management Lifecycle Synergy.