The winners of the 19th Architect of the Year Awards (AYA) instituted by JK Cement Ltd were announced at a ceremony held at TMA Pai International Convention Centre on Friday November 27. Architect Krishna Rao Jaisim, eminent architect and member of the jury announced the winners at the programme. Thanking his colleagues in jury panel he said that it was his greatest pleasure and privilege to work with them. Eminent architect based in the city, Sanath Kumar Shetty, professional advisor for the 19th AYA introduced the juries and also congratulated the JK Cement Ltd for instituting this award.  Architects Nela De Zoysa (Sri Lanka) Swarup G Koney (Nepal) Punita J Mehta (Varoda) Sandeep Kumar Jha (Ranchi) Yathin Pandya (Ahmedabad) Dr S Ramesh (New Delhi), Girish Doshi (Pune) and L K Binzzani (Indore) were the jury members. M P Rawal, administrator of AYA proposed the vote of thanks and congratulated the winners and the participants.

Winners’ List: Indian Architecture Awards – Under Indian Architecture Awards (IAA), Architect of the Year Award was announced to be conferred on Sanjay Puri of Mumbai for his project, Triose at Lonawala in  Mumbai.  Commendation Awards Under IAA – Under Private Residence category, Girish Dariyaav Karnawat, Mangalore has been selected for his project Aqua House in Goa. Under Public Building category, Kiran Venkatesh of Bangalore has been selected for his project, National Assessment and Accreditation Council in Bangalore. Under Excellence in use of Construction Material (EC) category, P Krishnaraj, Bangalore has been selected for his project, Halikanu Mane in Bangalore. Under Educational Campus category, Christopher Charles Benniger of Pune has been selected for his project Samudra Institute of Maritime Studies in Lonavala. Smaran Mallesh of Bangalore has been selected for his project, Out of the Box, in Bangalore and will be conferred Young Architect’s Award. Indian State Architecture Awards – Under Indian State Architecture Awards (ISAA) under which Maharashtra and Gujarat states are eligible the following are selected for the awards, State Architect of The Year Award has been announced to be conferred on Kishore N Trivedi of Rajkot for his project IPSA, School of Architecture in Rajkot, State Commendation Award has been announced to be conferred on Uday Andhare of Ahmedabad for his project Koba House at Koba in Gujarat, State Young Architect’ Award has been announced to be conferred on Deepak Guggari of Pune for his project, Grid House Pune. Focus Countries’ Architecture Awards – Focus Countries’ Architect of Year Award has been announced to be conferred on Alister Macbeth of Mauritus for his project Anahita Village in Mauritius, Focus Countries’ Commendation Award has been announced to be conferred on Palinda Kannagara of Srilanka for his project VS Turbo Pvt Ltd in Srilanka.  Focus Countries’ Young Architect Award has been announced to be conferred on Peshali Mandara Perera of Srilanka for the project Random Rust in Srilanka.

Compiled by Mayanthie Jayasinghe

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