Narendra Dengle

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Narendra Dengle (born 1948) is an architect, academic, and author based in Pune. [1] His architectural designs have been a part of VISTARA in Paris as part of the Festival of India exhibition in 1986, and State of Architecture Exhibition in Mumbai in 2017-18. [2] [3] He has partnered and worked on various academic and architectural projects with Achyut Kanvinde, Vasanth Kamath, Romi Khosla, M.N. Ashish Ganju, and Kamu Iyer.

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Architectural practice and design

Dengle began practicing architecture in 1974. [4] In the same year, he founded a partnership firm with Vasant Kamath and Romi Khosla called The GRUP (Group for Rural & Urban Planning), in which Revathi Kamath was an employee. [5] From 1983 to 1987, he was the resident director of SEMAC(I) Private Limited in the Sultanate of Oman. He is the Principal of the firm Narendra Dengle and Associates. [6] He has designed residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings, many of which have received critical appraisal and awards. [7] His awards include HUDCO low cost housing in 1975 and the first prize for the Archaeological Museum in Srinagar in 2000. [8]

Among his notable architectural projects are the Ramakrishna Math (2002), Maharshi Karve Museum (2007), and a bird observatory (2019), all in Pune. [9] [10] [11]

Academic career

Narendra Dengle taught at the School of Planning and Architecture from 1974 to 1981. [12] He has been the Design Chair at institutions including KRVIA (2006-2011), and also the Academic Chair at the Goa College of Architecture (2012-2014). He has been closely associated as a faculty member with the Building Beauty Programme at the Sant'Anna Institute in Sorento. [13] Dengle continues to teach and be on the juries of several schools of architecture and design. [14] [15]

Dengle was one of the founders of the Forum for Exchange and Excellence in Design (FEED), a public platform where he interviewed eminent architects from across India from 1999 to 2006. [16] A selection of interviews and writings eventually resulted in the book Dialogues with Indian Master Architects, which features Achyut Kanvinde, Raj Rewal, Anant Raje, Hasmukh Patel, Balkrishna V Doshi, Uttam C. Jain and Charles Correa. [17]

Selected publications

Books

Essays

Awards and honors

References

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  18. Dengle, Narendra (2015). Dialogues with Indian Master Architects. Marg Foundation. ISBN   978-93-83243-06-8.
  19. Ganju, MN Ashish; Dengle, Narendra (2013). "The Discovery of Architecture: A contemporary treatise on ancient values and indigenous reality". ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research. 1 (2).
  20. "Architect-urban designer MN Ashish Ganju, radical thinker and community builder, passes away". The Indian Express. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  21. "झरोका-Zaroka by Narendra Dengle - Brain Tonic Publication House - BookGanga.com". www.bookganga.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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  23. Lyons, Frank (2018-09-18). The Architecture of Nothingness: An Explanation of the Objective Basis of Beauty in Architecture and the Arts. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-315-44662-2.
  24. Kanvinde, Sanjay; Kanvinde, Tanuja (2017). Achyut Kanvinde: Ākār. Niyogi Books. ISBN   978-93-85285-60-8.
  25. Prashad, Deependra (2013). New architecture and urbanism development of Indian traditions. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub. ISBN   978-1-4438-1892-6. OCLC   903292718.
  26. Glushkova, Irina Petrovna; Feldhaus, Anne, eds. (1998). House and home in Maharashtra. Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-564303-9. OCLC   758308922.
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