Shilpa Architects Planners Designers, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| Architecture Firm | Shilpa Architects Planners Designers |
| People | Sheila Sriprakash, Pavitra Sriprakash |
| Address | 4, 2nd Crescent Park Rd. Adyar |
| Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600020 India | |
| Telephone | 044 24412508 |
| Fax | 044-24416622 |
| studio@shilpaarchitects.com | |
| Web Site | http://www.shilpaarchitects.com |
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[edit] ABOUT
Shilpa Architects is an international architecture, design and planning firm that was founded in 1979 in Chennai, India. It currently operates offices in Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, in India and in New York and Chicago in the United States and provides urban design and master planning services. The firm's designs can be seen at Cholamandal Artists' Village, Mahindra World City, New Chennai and it is known for its work inspired by sustainable vernacular architectural practices as well as a sensitivity for society and the built-natural environment.
[edit] Services
Site identification & Land acquisition (including bundled legal services during transaction), Best use studies, feasibility analysis and architectural planning, Infrastructure and Building Engineering Design, Concepts and Scheme, Statutory Drawings, Working Drawings, Detail Drawings, BOQ’s & Rate Analysis, Comprehensive Project Management until completion of construction, Design Build Services
[edit] Focus
Architecure, Master Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, LEED Buildings
[edit] History
The firm was established in 1979 by Sheila Sri Prakash as a proprietary firm and is among the first woman-owned and operated architecture firms in India. She received her architectural degree from the Anna University School of Architecture and Planning in Chennai and completed an Executive Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was also an International Fellow of Architecture at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana for her scholarly work on Indian Art, Architecture and Vaastu : The Indian Art of placement or Vastu Shastra. Since its inception, the company has grown to over 80 professionals and has operations across India and in the USA. The firm's designers have been invited to speak at several national and international forums such as the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Shilpa Architects was instrumental in the institution of the Indian Green Building Council and continues to remain a member of that organization.The firm is known for designing planning and architectural solutions that cater to the millions of underprivileged by delivering shelter through low-cost, durable, mass-construction techniques. In 1987 - the year of "Shelter for the shelterless" by the Shelter programme in Tamil Nadu state, the firm was invited by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Madras Metropolitan Development Authority and the World Bank to prototype a model that has since been adopted successfully in a large-scale format across Tamil Nadu and India. Sheila Sri Prakash holds patents for innovative designs in structural and architectural elements for low cost yet improved quality of construction.
In 2003, Designshare awarded Shilpa Architects a Recognized Value Award for its innovative design for educational infrastructure.
In 2008, the firm received the IAD Award.
[edit] Projects
- Government - Reserve Bank of India, Tamil Nadu Housing Board
- Art and Culture - Madras Art House
- Education - Sishya School, Chengelpet School,
- Headquarters - Rane Automotive, Sanmar Group
- Hotel/Residential - Radisson Hotels and Resorts Chennai, Puravankara, Mahindra Research Valley
- Master Planning - Mahindra Research Valley
- Mixed-Use - Akshaya Homes
- Office Building - HDFC Bank, State Bank of India, IL&FS, Cethar Vessels
- Research - Reciprocal Housing, Moulded Inspection Chamber
- Retail/Leisure - Nirmana Beach Resorts
- Transportation - Paranur Railway Station
- Industrial/Manufacturing - Modern Bread Chennai, Snowcem Chennai, Greaves India
- Sports Stadiums - Volleyball Stadium Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu Volleyball Stadium - Chennai
[edit] Projects
Shilpa Architects has recently been called upon to restore some of India's archaeological treasures as one of the country's select few experts in architecture, design, restoration and preservation by the Archaeological Survey of India.
[edit] Expansion
The firm has diversified with subsidiaries in the investment and asset management space - through Nirmana Realty Investments Pvt Ltd - in turn-key interior fit out solutions - through Stone Lotus - and delivers architectural designs internationally through an overseas subsidiary.
Pavithra Sri Prakash has recently been inducted into the Board of the company and is an Architect and Urban Designer by profession. She received her undergraduate degree in Architecture from the Anna University School of Architecture and Planning in Chennai and completed her graduate degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University in New York.
The company recently inducted Amrit Sahasranamam as the Chief Financial Officer. Amrit Sahasranamam has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
