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{{Short description|Indian architecture firm}}
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{{Infobox Architectural Practice
|image= Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt Ltd (logo).jpg
|caption=Official logo
|name=Shilpa Architects
|architects=[[Sheila Sri Prakash]] <br />Pavitra Sri Prakash
|board=[[Bhargav Sri Prakash]] <br/> [[Sheila Sri Prakash]]
|founded={{Start date|1979}}
|awards=2003 DesignShare<br />2002 Builder's Association of India
|significant_buildings=[[Cholamandal Artists' Village]]<br />[[Mahindra World City, New Chennai]]
|}}

'''Shilpa Architects''' is an international [[architecture]], design and planning firm that was founded in 1979 in [[Chennai]], [[India]] by [[Sheila Sri Prakash]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/12/10/women-not-aware-of-their-rights-at-work/|title=Women Leaders at Work Series|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=10 December 2013}}</ref> The firm was established as a proprietary firm and is the first architecture firm that was founded independently by a woman and has been continuously operated in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constructionglobal.com/magazine/issue?id=12486211/37022447|publisher=Construction Global Magazine|author=Tilly Sweet|date=July 2016|title=10 of the Most Influential Female Architects (pg 26)}}</ref> It currently operates offices in Chennai, [[Bangalore]] and [[Mumbai]], in [[India]] and in [[New York City]] and [[Chicago]] in the [[United States]] and provides urban design and master planning services. The firm's designs can be seen at [[Cholamandal Artists' Village]], [[Mahindra World City, New Chennai]], [[Paranur]] on [[GST Road]] and it is known for its work inspired by sustainable vernacular architectural practices as well as a sensitivity for society<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/21/stories/2009082158130200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107104825/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/21/stories/2009082158130200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-07 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Learn from rural architecture | date=2009-08-21}}</ref> and the built-natural environment.
[[File:Sheila Sri Prakash delivering keynote address at 2013 Milan Design Summit.jpg|thumb|left|Sheila Sri Prakash is founder of Shilpa Architects]]
[[Sheila Sri Prakash]] currently serves on the [[World Economic Forum]]'s Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation, as one of 16 leading experts from around the world that have been called upon to devise plans to improve the state of the world. She received her architectural degree from the [[Anna University School of Architecture and Planning]] in Chennai and completed an Executive Education program at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]].<ref>http://www.weforum.org/global-agenda-councils/sheila-sri-prakash</ref> She was also an International Fellow of Architecture at [[Ball State University]] in Muncie Indiana for her scholarly work on Indian Art, Architecture and Vaastu : The Indian Art of placement or [[Vastu Shastra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,-1019-42,00.html |title=Plans in place for Focus on Asia Week |publisher=Bsu.edu |date=2002-01-29 |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref> Since its inception, the company has grown to over 80 professionals and has operations across India and in the USA. The firm's designers have been invited to speak at several national and international forums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cii.in/documents/TN%20Moves-%20Main.pdf |title=CII |publisher=Cii.in |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref> such as the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]].

Shilpa Architects was instrumental in the institution of the Indian Green Building Council and continues to remain a member of that organization.<ref>[http://www.igbc.in/site/igbc/memberslist.jsp?firstletter=S ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913091357/http://www.igbc.in/site/igbc/memberslist.jsp?firstletter=S |date=13 September 2009 }}</ref> The firm is known for designing planning and architectural solutions that cater to the millions of underprivileged by delivering shelter through low-cost, durable, mass-construction techniques. In 1987 - the year of "Shelter for the shelterless" by the Shelter programme in Tamil Nadu state,<ref>{{cite journal
|doi=10.1016/0360-1323(91)90051-c
|title= Shelter programme in Tamil Nadu state
|volume=26
|issue= 3
|journal=Building and Environment
|pages=277–287
|year= 1991
|last1= Kaliappan
|first1= T.P.
}}
</ref> the firm was invited by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Madras Metropolitan Development Authority and the [[World Bank]] to prototype a model that has since been adopted successfully in a large-scale format across [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/DocUNIDViewForJavaSearch/9984B971A856641D852567F5005D844D |title=Integrated Urban Projects: Experience in Ecuador, India, and Brazil - Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) - The World Bank Group |publisher=Lnweb90.worldbank.org |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref> Sheila Sri Prakash holds patents for innovative designs in structural and architectural elements for low cost yet improved quality of construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sristi.org/globalgian/files/inventors_of_india_2006.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - inventors_of_india_2006.doc |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref>

In 2003, Designshare awarded Shilpa Architects a Recognized Value Award for its innovative design for educational infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designshare.com/index.php/projects/chengelpet-elementary/school |title=Chengelpet Elementary School : DesignShare Projects |publisher=Designshare.com |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref>

In 2008, the firm received the IAD Award.<ref>[http://www.iadawards.in/iad-awards-08/participants.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115195954/http://www.iadawards.in/iad-awards-08/participants.html |date=15 November 2009 }}</ref>

==Projects==
Shilpa Architects has recently been called upon to restore some of India's archaeological treasures as one of the country's select few experts in architecture, design, restoration and preservation by the Archaeological Survey of India.<ref>http://www.asi.nic.in/pdf_data/List_Architects_Conservation_empanelled_with_ASI.pdf</ref>

==Expansion==
The firm has diversified with subsidiaries in the investment & asset management space - through Nirmana Investments Pvt Ltd which was founded by [[Bhargav Sri Prakash]] - and in turn-key interior fit out solutions - through Stone Lotus - and delivers architectural designs internationally through an overseas subsidiary.

Pavithra Sri Prakash has recently been inducted into the Board of the company and is an Architect and Urban Designer by profession. She received her undergraduate degree in Architecture from the [[Anna University School of Architecture and Planning]] in Chennai and completed her graduate degree<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arch.columbia.edu/workpage/work/courses/studio/urban-design-studio-v-urban-design-expanded-field?filter=50 |title=Urban Design Studio II 2003: Urban Design in an Expanded Field | GSAPPonline |publisher=Arch.columbia.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref> in Architecture and Urban Design from [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]].

The company recently inducted Amrit Sahasranamam as the Chief Financial Officer. Amrit Sahasranamam has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iit.edu/~iitugr/abstracts1998.htm |accessdate=3 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015195832/http://www.iit.edu/~iitugr/abstracts1998.htm |archivedate=15 October 2008 }}</ref> from the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] and a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Chicago GSB |url=http://www.chicagobooth.edu/alumni/alumniweekend/networking_c.aspx |title=Chicago GSB Alumni Weekend 2005 |publisher=Chicagobooth.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref>

===Reciprocity Wave===
The Reciprocity Wave, a program conceived by Sheila Sri Prakash, is a sculpture competition where students create art work with recycled materials to highlight social and environmental issues. Shilpa Architects have conducted three such initiatives, two in Chennai,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/article1488425.ece|title=Reciprocity Wave art competition|author=Express News Service|date=5 March 2013|publisher=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chennaionline.com/City360/City-Feature/20132611102608/Artistry-flourishes-in-Reciprovative-waves-second-venture.col|title=Artistry flourishes in Reciprocity Wave's second venture|date=11 March 2013|author=Chief Correspondent|publisher=Chennaionline}}</ref> and one in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/being-the-change/article5190955.ece|title=Being the change|author=Nandini Sundar|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/360818/when-creations-castaways-had-messages.html|publisher=[[Deccan Herald]]|title=When Creations from Castaways Had Messages|date=2 October 2013|author=DHNS}}</ref>
and one in Cubbon Park, Bangalore.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.601735996529956.1073741831.222453207791572&type=1 Event Images, Reciprocity Wave at Cubbon Park, Bangalore]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of architecture firms]]
* [[List of architects]]
* [[List of Indian architects]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.shilpaarchitects.com Shilpa Architects]

[[Category:Architecture firms of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]
[[Category:Design companies established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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