J.K. Cement, one of the top cement manufacturing company in
India every year gives award in field of architecture in different categories.
This is one of the very few award program that takes place for architect
fraternity all over world and it has been around since 1990. This February J.K
Cement presented its 24th Architect of the year award in Bengaluru.
The entry for this award nomination is totally free every
year and this year they received total 153 entries in different categories. These
categories include Private Building, Public building, Group housing, Hill
architecture, Young architect of the year along with Architect of the Year in
all category. To make this year different from previous years, the theme for
this year was affordable housing and Green architecture. There is a very
eminent panel of Jury that gets to decide winners each year and this year it
was headed by MD of J.K. Cement Mr. YaduPati Singhania. Along with
distinguished members from Indian architect society Jury also had 1 member each
from Sri Lanka and Mauritius.
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| J.K Cement MD and Award Administrators addressing Press |
As per Mr. Singhania “Design has gained utmost significance
in new Tech era, when it comes to construction. Hence architects and their work
are increasingly becoming more relevant than ever before that would create
structures for everyone to admire in days to come. M.P Rawal , advisor to J.K Cement and
Administrator of AYA award said “ AYA has emerged as the most significant
platform for giving fame to Architect community and we are looking forward to
make it bigger and better. From this year onwards a new category was added as
Student architect of the year.
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| Wall displaying the winners with their award winning work |
The Award show took place in Leela Palace Hotel Bengaluru
and here are the 24th J.K Cement Architect of the Year award winners in each categories :
Green Architecture Award :
Ar. Madhav Joshi
Award for Private Housing :
Ar. Shefali Balwani
Award for Public Building :
Ar. Nanda Kumar Birudavolu
Award for Hill Architecture : Ar Akshat Bhat
Award for Young
Architect : Ar Akshat Bhat
Student Architect of Year :
Shardul Patil
Commendation Award under Indian category: Ar. Partha Ranjan
Das
Commendation Award under Foreign category : Ar. Tin Tsin Fong Kee Shui ( Mauritius)
Architect of Year (Foreign Category ) : Ar Palinda Kannanagara (Sri Lanka)
Indian Architect of the Year : Ar. Sunil Kulkarni
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