Mentions — NilaA Architecture & Urban Design New Delhi/ Nishant Lall

Project Mentions-
Design journals & Newspapers

2022

AIA International Merit Award in Urban Design, American Institute of Architects
for Along the River at Patna

https://www.aiainternational.org/design-awards-2022-winners

http://www.aiauk.org/news/2022/a22-international-london-4-design-awards

https://www.aiaeurope.org/conferenceevents

2022

Detail Magazine Online/ Germany https://www.detail.de/en/de_en/wassertempel-in-nordwestindien-von-nilaa

2020-21

Three studio projects are invited for design sessions in UIA Rio Brazil 2021 , event is cohosted by ACSA Washington

Architecture Live features Patna Riverfront Revitalization
Link here

Ministry of Water features Patna Riverfront Process Video
Video Link

Habib Rehman Memorial Talk at Jamia Millia Islamia/ March 7_2020

2019

Patna Riverfront Opening by PM Modi/ Financial Express, Feb 17
News Link

Jhulelal Shrine Opening/ Times of India/ May 12
News Link

JTT Project/ Jhulelal Tirathdham Master Plan/ Times of India, Times Travel/ July 3
News Link

JTT Project/ Jhulelal Tirathdham Master Plan/ Financial Times, Times Travel/ June 20
News Link

Sindhi Holy City Article/ CNTraveller/ June 4
News Link

karol Bagh Pedestrian Initiative/ June 23 Hindustan Times
News Link

2018
Anandvana Varanasi restoration Project/ varanasi Local Newspaper

2017
“Award Winner Issue” Editor Ahmad Zohladi 2A Asia Architecture Awards / 2A Magazine Istanbul Turkey issue # 39

2016
   “Place Making” 2A Awards Vienna coverage in Indian Express Daily Newspaper Nov 2, 2016 / New Delhi Edition

   “A New Civic realm” Young Designers 2016 coverage/ Indian Architect and Builder, March 2016/ Mumbai, Jasubhai Publications

   “Cleaning the Ganga is a multi generational Approach” Interview Genevieve Connors World bank by S Malhotra in Business Today, March 2016/ India

2015
   “Ganga Riverfront work cheers up World Bank” Telegraph Daily Newspaper/ Piyush Kumar Tripathi / June 13, 2015
News Link

“Yamuna Riverfront Delhi” Delhi Urban Arts Commission Report/ DUAC (ITO Industrial Cultural District Project) Government Commission report on revitalization

“Innovative Use of Bamboo” Medecin Sans frontier MSF/India Head Office in A+D Architecture + Design, March 2015/ New Delhi, Media Transasia Publications
Video Link

2014
Westerlies Housing Launch
Video Link

“Patna City” by Anamika Prasad / My Livable City March Edition

   “Space Around the Corner ” Kona Project by Kalyani Majumdar /DOMUS India Volume 3/ Issue 3, Jan 2014/ Mumbai, Spenta Publications

2013
   “Giant Stride for Ganga Walk” Telegraph Daily Newspaper/ Piyush Kumar Tripathi / Nov 22, 2013
News Link

2012
“ITO to get a safer Look” by Indrani Basu , Times of India Newspaper/ May 22,
(ITO Industrial Cultural District Project)

“National Design Competition Award Winners” by ANI Press in Yahoo News ,
(Finance Ministry Headquarters New Delhi Project)

“TEDx Delhi Preview ” /First City Magazine/ October
Video Link

“Three Questions with Nishant Lall ” /TimeOut Delhi Magazine/ October

2011
“Paharganj ” Times of India Daily Newspaper/ New Delhi edition
   (Paharganj Public Spaces Project)

2010
“Making Space for More Legroom” Delhi Mid-Day Daily Newspaper/ Amitabh Shankar
                              ( Karol Bagh Market Public Spaces Project)

2009
“Architects Discuss Urban Transformation ” Indian Express Daily Newspaper/ New Delhi edition

2008/earlier
   “ Convergence” Projects by Sasaki, Oro Publications/ Page XX

“ Penn Connects” Award Winner issue -Architecture Boston/ Year in Awards 2008/ USA

“ Housing “ Papers in UIA Conference Journal 2005 / Istanbul

“Grand Egyptian Museum”, Citation Entry, Competition Publication, March 2003/ Egypt

“Los Angeles Now Volume 1”, University of California Press May 2002/ USA

      “Los Angeles Now Volume 2”- Redline School District”, University of California Press, Sept 2002/ USA

“Kyongyu Railway Station”, Proposals from International Competition, July 1998/ Korea

AWARDS

2019
   Shortlisted, Public Building Category - 2A Architecture Award held at Politecnico Madrid (Organized by 2A Magazine Istanbul)
   Project: Kutch Stone Shrine, Bhuj

2017
First Place, State Exhibition and Guest House in Dwarka, New Delhi
   Limited Competition

2016
First Place, Public Space/ Urban Category - 2A Asia Architecture Award held at Academy of Arts, Vienna (Organized by 2A Magazine Istanbul)
                                Project: Umbrellas by the River, Patna

   Young architects Mention - (Organized by Indian Architect and Builder Magazine IAB Mumbai)
                                Project: Patna Riverfront Revitalization, Bihar

2015
   Shortlisted, Public Space/ Urban Category - 2A Asia Architecture Award held at Academy of Arts, Vienna (Organized by 2A Magazine Istanbul)
   Project: Small Scale Urbanism New Delhi

   Shortlisted, Public Space/ Urban Category - 2A Asia Architecture Award held at Academy of Arts, Vienna (Organized by 2A Magazine Istanbul)
                                Project: Patna Riverfront Revitalization

2012
   First Place, Head Quarters Building for State Forest and Environment Department, Bihar/ Project Completed

   Honor Award,Rajaswa Bhawan-Head Quarters Building for Finance Ministry in Lutyens Conservation Zone, New Delhi

2011
Finalist,School of Architecture Bhopal Campus, Ministry of Human Resources Department

2010/ Earlier

Projects Team Awards/
Boston Society of Landscape Architects BSLA Awards – 798 Arts District, Beijing China (team member/urban designer at Sasaki Associates, Boston) 2008

American Society of Landscape Architects/ ASLA Analysis and Planning Award – Penn Connects 2030 Vision Plan for University of Pennsylvania, UPENN (team member/urban designer at Sasaki Associates, Boston) 2007

   Boston Society of Architects BSA Campus Design Awards – Penn Connects 2030 Vision Plan for University of Pennsylvania, UPENN (team member/urban designer at Sasaki Associates, Boston) 2006

EDCO Grant Awards for Visiting Faculty, Boston Architecture College, USA/ 2005

Citation Award, Grand Egyptian Museum Competition, Cairo (team member/urban designer at CBT Architects, Boston) 2003

Citation Award, Kyongyu Railway Station Competition Entry, Seoul South Korea 1998

LECTURES/ TALKS

2019
Realty Plus Conference/ Sept Gurgaon
Talk/Moderator of Panel Discussion

2018
South Asian Cities Talk/ India Habitat Center

2017
Water and City: Projects on the River. Talk at Department of Architecture, Amity University, Noida

Urban Arc Conference / Southern Practice- Studio Projects at Indian Institute of Habitat Studies/ IIHS Bangalore/ Presentation by studio colleague Bala Mohan

2016
   Panel on Architecture in the City SPA, New Delhi

   Pedestrian Friendly City/ Talk at CSE, Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi

2015
Studio Projects- Talk at SSAA/ Shushant School of Art and Architecture, New Delhi

2014
   Rethinking Public Space / Talk , Art at Telengana and Alliance Franchise at Hyderabad

2013
   Urban Dialogue- Public Projects, Institute of Public Governance, IITP, New Delhi

2012
   TedX Delhi: An Urban Canvas Talk at TEDx annual event, India Habitat Center ( IHC) New Delhi

Habib Rehman Memorial Speaker, School of Ekistics/Jamia Milia Islamia , New Delhi

2011
   Patna Riverfront Presentation at Institute of Urban Designers event, New Delhi

2010
   Griha Talks/ Urban Transformations: Talk at India Habitat Center (IHC), New Delhi

2005
   Talk and Workshop with Artist Pedro Reyes at ICA Summer School, Institute of Contemporary Arts, USA + Dorchester Public School, Boston

2004
Slide into Art: Talk and Workshop at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, USA

EXHIBITIONS

2017
   Pune Design Biennale “Well Designed Public Spaces” Pune, Maharastra India

2016
Vienna Austria “ Winner 2A Asia Architecture Award- Urban Category ” at Bene Vienna/ October 2016

   Istanbul “ Shortlist 2A Asia Architecture Award- Future Projects Category” at Istanbul Technical University October 2016

   Los Angeles “ Drawings” at Alumni Exhibition of Drawings at Architecture Gallery Perloff Hall/ University of California Los Angeles/ UCLA

2013
New Delhi “ Kona Space Around the Corner” at Jorbagh Delhi/ Jan- March 2013

2012
   New Delhi “ Winners Finance Ministry Competition” at NGMA National Gallery of Modern Art/ March –April 2012

2006
   New York “ Parachute Pavillion Coney Island Competition Entry” at Van Alen Institute/ October _ November

2005
   Istanbul “ Contemporary Architecture Proposals- Poster Presentations” at UIA Conference / July

   Boston “ In Pursuit of Housing” at Boston Convention Center, Boston Society of Architects

2004
Boston “ Façade Competition” at Art Interactive Gallery, Cambridge MA

   Los Angeles “ LA NOW project & Seven Proposals for Downtown Los Angeles” at Architecture + Design Museum, Downtown LA

2002
   Los Angeles “ Monument to Fire” at Studio Exhibition of Drawings at Architecture Gallery Perloff Hall/ University of California Los Angeles/ UCLA

2001
                   Los Angeles “ Best of Students Work” at Year End Exhibition of Students works at Architecture Gallery Perloff Hall/ University of California Los Angeles/ UCLA

Recent Mentions

Awards

First Prize/ 2A Asia Architecture Prize
Public Spaces Category/ Vienna 2017

Young Designer / Indian Architect Builder/ Mumbai 2016

Honor Award / with Sasaki team 2018

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