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  • NDTV Design and Architecture Awards 2014 Honour Excellence and Innovation

    NDTV Design and Architecture Awards 2014 Honour Excellence and Innovation

    MUMBAI: NDTV hosted its second edition of the Design and Architecture Awards 2014, presented by GROHE, Europe’s largest and the world’s leading premium single-brand manufacturer and supplier of sanitary fittings. The second edition of the awards gave an opportunity to every architect and interior designer to showcase their talent and get recognized for their work. This year’s grand ceremony was hosted by Manisha Natarajan, Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and Senior Editor Real Estate, NDTV NDTV; Rajiv Makhani; Beverly White and was held at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai on 13th February, 2015.

    The NDTV Design & Architecture Awards have been hailed as one of the best by the Architect Guild for its rigour, discipline and credibility. Carrying the baton forward this time the awards had a two tier jury which made them more disciplined and credible. The two tier jury was divided into a shortlist jury and a final selection jury.

    Jury members for the  awards included Prem Chandavarkar, Managing Partner, CnT Architects;Vinita Chaitanya, Founder, Prism; Sharukh Mistry Founder Partner, Mistry Architects; Gayathri Shetty, Founder Director, Gayathri & Namith Architects; Sandeep Khosla and Amaresh Anand,Khosla Associates; Ambrish Arora, CEO & Design Principal, LOTUS (Delhi); Gurjit Singh Matharoo, Principal, Matharoo Associates (Ahmedabad); Krishnarao Jaisim, Founder Jaisim- FountainHead (Bangalore); Ranjana Mital, Professor, School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi);Sanjay Puri, Founder, Sanjay Puri Architects (Mumbai); Shimul Javeri Kadri, Principal Architect, SJK Architects (Mumbai); Ar. Kamal Malik, Founder and Principal of Malik Architecture; Soumitro Ghosh Partner, Mathew and Ghosh Architects (Bangalore); Tony Joseph, Principal of Stapati (Calicut); Paul Flowers, Global Senior Vice President Design, Paul Flowers and Zafar Chaudhary, Architect. The jury for the students awards included Sidhartha Talwar, Partner & Design Principal; Sonal Sancheti, Principal-OPOLIS Architecture and Urban Design; Ar. Partha Ranjan Das and Soumitro Ghosh.

    Present on the occasion were eminent personalities including Prasoon Joshi, Ad film Director & Lyricist; Atul Kasbekar, Indian fashion photographer; Prahlad Kakkar, Ad film Director; Perizad Zorabian, Actress; Boman Rustom Irani, Chairman & MD, Rustomjee Group (Perizad's husband);Kiran Nagarkar, Novelist & playwrite; Aman Nath, Architectural restorer & Writer; Ar Vilas Avachat; Ar Paresh Kapadia; Krishna Rao Jaisim; Vinita Chaitanya; Sandeep Khosla; Kamal Malik; Sanjay Puri and Anu Malik.

    The highly coveted awards focused on innovation, sustainability and a strong contextual response of the design to its surroundings. These awards offer consumers a wide list of professionals whom they can turn to when remodeling and refurbishing their homes.

    The Design and Architecture Awards 2014 were hosted in partnership with Grohe India and powered by Polycab. The Associate Partners for the awards were D&M and Century Ply. Other partners were Syska LED (Lighting Partner); Ethos (Student Contest Partner); Khosla Associates (Knowledge Partner); The Indian Institute of Architects (Associate Partner); Urban Homes (Online Partner); Laqshya (Exclusive Outdoor Partner); Taj Lands End, Mumbai(Hospitality Partner) and Ravish Kapoor (Invitation Partner).

    The Awardees were:

    Runners- up:

  • GROHE India co-sponsors NDTV Design and Architecture of the year Awards 2014

    GROHE India co-sponsors NDTV Design and Architecture of the year Awards 2014

    MUMBAI: GROHE, the leading international sanitary fittings brand in India, is one of the proud sponsors of the NDTV Design and Architecture Awards, to be held on March 21, 2014. The sponsorship of this event ties up seamlessly with GROHE’s brand proposition of creating homes and home spaces that are timeless epitomes of aesthetics and sustainability.

    NDTV Awards have been acknowledging out-of-the-box work in various segments over the years. The brand is now taking a step forward to present its first ever awards programme in the design and architecture segment. Architectural excellence in India has never been acknowledged officially before. With this NDTV awards programme, an opportunity has been proposed for architects and interior designers in the country to reveal their talent and stand out in the crowd. The awards are also meant to offer consumers a wide list of professionals whom they can turn to when looking at remodelling and refurbishing their homes.  

    GROHE India Managing Director Renu Misra, “We are happy to present the NDTV Design and Architecture Awards, the first of their kind in India. As a premium player in this segment, we have observed a lot of activity and innovation in the Indian market. It is truly commendable that there is now an official platform that will reward and encourage the best of talent in design, architecture and construction in both the residential and commercial spheres.”

    Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV said, “NDTV has over the years acknowledged many talented men and women for out-of-box work in their respective industries. Taking a step forward we now present the first ever awards programme in the Design and Architecture categories. With the Grohe India-NDTV Design and Architecture Awards we aim to provide an opportunity to every architect and interior designer to be duly recognized and reveal their talent.”

    NDTV has put forward an extensive award list recognizing the best work done in 18 categories with room for each and every sector of structural design, style and construction. Innovation coupled with a focus on sustainable aspects and local contexts of the project are crucial to winning the awards.