Meet Bimal Patel, architect who designed new Parliament constructing, his consultancy price for the undertaking is… | Photo: Zee Media Bureau
The new Parliament constructing, set for inauguration on Saturday, May 27, has been designed by Bimal Patel. The Gujarat-based architect is a number one identify within the area and is behind some iconic accomplished and ongoing tasks. Patel can also be designing the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and was behind the first-of-its-kind Sabarmati Riverfront undertaking. The Central Vista Redevelopment undertaking is Bimal Patel’s crown jewel.
Who is Bimal Patel?
Bimal Hasmukh Patel is a adorned architect with over three many years of expertise. He is an knowledgeable in city design and planning. Currently, Patel is the President of CEPT University (previously Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology) in Ahmedabad. He heads HCP Design Planning and Management Private Limited, which was based by his father Hasmukh C Patel in 1960. Hasmukh Patel was additionally a adorned architect who designed many iconic buildings.
Bimal Patel did his education at St. Xavier’s High School, Loyola Hall in Ahmedabad earlier than learning structure on the School of Architecture, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, CEPT. He then went to UC Berkeley within the US and earned a PhD in 1995. Bimal joined his father Hasmukh Patel’s agency in 1990.
Bimal Patel has received a number of awards together with the Aga Khan Award in 1992, World Architecture Award in 2001 and Padma Shri in 2019. His different main works embrace Kankaria Lake Development, Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, Bhuj Development Plan, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India constructing, Gujarat High Court, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad New Campus and Swarnim Sankul at Gandhinagar.
Bagged Rs 229 crore deal for Parliament, Raj Path redevelopment
Bimal Patel’s HCP Designs had received the consultancy bid for the Central Vista undertaking. His agency will likely be paid Rs 229.75 crore for its consultancy companies for the bold undertaking together with the brand new Parliament.
The companies supplied by Patel’s agency embrace getting ready the grasp plan for the undertaking and design of constructions it encompasses, value estimation, site visitors integration, parking amenities and panorama, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had revealed final 12 months.
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