Awards and Media Recognition
From UNESCO honors to national features, we believe our recognition reflects the soul we strive to restore into every building.
The restoration of Haveli Dharampura was recognized with the prestigious UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage in 2017, a testament to the six years of meticulous work invested in the project.
Our project, Swatantrata Residence, was a winner in the 50th Cycle of the WA Awards by the World Architecture Community. It is an honor to be recognized on an international platform for contemporary architecture.
I was featured in the cover story of Surfaces Reporter magazine, joining a distinguished lineup of architects to discuss the formative projects that shaped our careers.
Our conservation project, Golden Haveli, was selected for the Long List by The Merit List, an initiative recognizing projects of critical relevance in contemporary Indian architecture.
The Golden Haveli project was honored with the Creative Excellence Award by Kudos Gallery at the Index Plus Fairs in Delhi, recognizing our commitment to honoring heritage through design.
I was pleased to serve on the jury for the VOX Architecture Ideas Competition by FOAID. Our Golden Haveli project was also featured in the FOAID publication, marking a double celebration for the studio.
NDTV Travel featured Haveli Dharampura in its list of "6 Heritage Havelis That Are Now Stunning Boutique Hotels," highlighting its successful transformation from a crumbling gem to a luxury destination.
Our Golden Haveli project was featured in SOH (Soul of Hospitality) magazine, South Asia’s leading business magazine for the hospitality and travel industry.
IFJ Plus, a renowned Indian design journal, featured our Golden Haveli restoration project, acknowledging the passion and painstaking detail behind this labor of love.
The Times of India explored our work on Haveli Dharampura and Golden Haveli in a feature on the transformative power of adaptive reuse in revitalizing historic buildings.
About Awards & Media Recognition
Restoration is an exercise in patience. For Haveli Dharampura, our UNESCO-recognized project, that patience meant six years of mapping every structural crack and archival detail before a single brick was moved. When you see our work featured in journals or receiving awards, you are seeing the result of that slow, investigative process where we prioritize the building's historical integrity over modern shortcuts.
Recognition as a Measure of Impact
Architecture, particularly in the realm of conservation, is a dialogue with the past. For our studio, the accolades we have received—from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage to features in journals like Surfaces Reporter and IFJ Plus—are not merely trophies. They are indicators that our methodology for adaptive reuse resonates with a wider audience concerned with the preservation of cultural identity.
The Methodology Behind the Projects
When we approach a structure like the Golden Haveli in Chandni Chowk, our primary objective is to decode its original architectural vocabulary. We rely on measured drawings, distress mapping, and historical research to ensure our interventions are structurally sound yet historically respectful. Whether it is replicating 1:1 scale drawings for stone Jaalis or concealing modern MEP services behind cornices to protect the authenticity of Mughal-era interiors, every decision is deliberate.
Why These Accolades Matter
When platforms like the World Architecture Community recognize the Swatantrata Residence, or when Outlook Traveller highlights the Lakhori Restaurant, it reinforces the viability of preserving India’s architectural heritage. It validates the difficult, often slow work of restoring buildings that have no existing blueprints. We invite you to view these recognitions not as a highlight reel, but as a map of our ongoing commitment to keeping the soul of Old Delhi alive. We do not just restore spaces; we safeguard the narratives embedded within them for future generations.
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