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India News > President to honour three architects
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) :
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will honour the architects of three
complexes, two in the capital here and one in Gujarat's Bhuj town, for
exemplary work in 2003.
Jose Kurien who designed Delhi's Garden of Five Senses, K. Srinivasan
who designed the Rehabilitation of Players Building in the capital and
E.F.N. Riberio who created the Shri G.K. General Hospital in Bhuj will
be honoured at a ceremony Tuesday.
The three were short-listed after the Indian Builders Congress (IBC)
scrutinised all the buildings constructed in the country last year.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will attend the event.
Excellence certificates will also be awarded for the design of a
technology park in the Orissa capital Bhubaneswar and the development of
new technology for earthquake resistant buildings to Anil Laul, an
architect in Haryana's Anangpur town.
A special award will be given to A.K. Jain who designed an officer's
mess in Andhra Pradesh's Secunderabad town for being the most talented
young artist under 35.
"The exquisite design of the Garden of Five Senses, the efficient
retrofitting of the rehabilitation building and the resourceful
construction of G.K. hospital make these exemplary landmarks for other
artists in India," said O.P. Goel, chairman of IBC.
"We have instituted these awards to encourage new talent and boost
innovativeness among architects here," he said.
The 'annual awards for excellence in built environment' were instituted
in 1996 and are given every year for outstanding work done in building
construction.
After the awards ceremony Tuesday, builders from all over India will
discuss at a two-day seminar energy management techniques that can be
incorporated during building construction.