C P Kukreja Architects | |
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Practice information | |
Key architects | Dikshu Kukreja (Managing Principal) |
Founders | C. P. Kukreja |
Founded | 1969 |
No. of employees | 200 + |
Location | New Delhi (India), New York (USA) |
Significant works and honors | |
Buildings | Jawaharlal Nehru University (1972) [1] National Archives of India [2] Gautam Buddha University (2012) [3] |
Projects | [4] Jacob, Shine (21 March 2018). "600 railway stations may bear the stamp of India's top architects soon". Business Standard. [5] |
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C P Kukreja Architects (CPKA) is a multi-disciplinary design company, established in 1969, headquartered in New Delhi and New York. [6] [7] [8]
C P Kukreja Architects was established in 1969 by architect C P Kukreja, after an education in Melbourne and Canada. C.P. Kukreja with his firm had been designing in various institutional projects, embassies, recreational, educational and housing projects etc. [3]
At the age of 32, C.P. Kukreja designed the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which was a winning entry in a national design competition, completed in 1970. [1] In May 2019, C.P. Kukreja died aged 80. Kukreja was also the author of the book ‘Tropical Architecture’ which was published in 1978 by McGraw Hill Education. [9]
In 2019, the company acquired the Indian arm of Chicago-based design firm dbHMS. [10]
C P Kukreja Architects, along with IDOM Spain, is designing one of India’s largest convention centers in Dwarka for the G20 Summit in 2022. [11]
In 2021, The Government of India has awarded the project of Development of Ayodhya to C.P. Kukreja, Larsen & Toubro and Canada based firm Lea Associates. [12]
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