RAJ REWAL

Raj Rewal is a leading Indian architect. Raj Rewal was born

in hoshiarpur, punjab, India in 1934

A distinguished doyen of architecture from India, Raj Rewal has

set global precedents with his urban narratives of design that
have been integrally and richly steeped in their contextual
inferences.
Effortlessly threading together episodes of design, he merges
scale with surroundings and geometry with rhythm, binding
space with structure and nuance, modulating form and light and
coursing the exterior through the interior to create a series of
interconnected experiences that are as distinct as they are
together.
Career

Rewal lived in Delhi and Shimla from 1934–1951. He attended

Harcourt Butler higher secondary school. Between 1951-1954
he attended the Delhi School of Architecture in New Delhi.
After completing a degree in architecture in New Delhi, he
moved to London in 1955 where he lived until 1961. He
attended the Architectural Association School of
Architecture for one year and the Brixton School of Building,
London from 1956-60. GD Goenka University also honour
architect Raj Rewal with an honorary doctorate at a special
convocation organised by University in India Habitat Centre.
Raj Rewal worked at Michel Ecochard's office in Paris before
starting his practice in New Delhi in 1962. Between 1963-72, he
taught at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. He
opened a second office at Tehran, Iran in 1974. Among his
better known projects are the Hall of Nations (Hall 6) at
the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre, demolished in April
2017, Asiad Village Complex, National Institute of Immunology
(NII), New Delhi; the Parliament Library in New Delhi and
NCBS (National Centre for Biological Sciences) campus
at Bangalore. In 1986, he became the curator of the exhibition
"Traditional Architecture in India" for the Government of India
organised festival of India in Paris.He also designed an
 architectural college (SIUPA) in Rohtak and is head of members
in academic council.

Awards

 Gold Medal 1989 by the Indian Institute of Architects.

 Robert Mathew Award 1989 by the Commonwealth
Association of Architects.
 Mexican Association of Architects award in 1993 for regional
values.
 Architect of the Year 1994 Award by J.K. Trust for the design
of World Bank Resident Mission building in New Delhi.
 Great Master's Award 1995 by J.K. Trust for lifetime
contribution to Modern Architecture in the post
independence era in India.
 Lifetime achievement award 2001 by the Institution of
Engineers (India).
 IBC award 2002 by the Indian Building Congress for
Excellence in Built Environment for Parliament Library
building, New Delhi.
 Golden Architect Award 2003 by A+D and Spectrum
Foundation
 Chevalier des Arts des Lettres award, 2005 by the French
Government
 Knight of the Legion of Honour
 John Michael Kohler Life Time Achievement Award.
 Projects

 Asian Games Village, New Delhi

 Bio Port, Sohna
 Central Institute of Education Technology, New Delhi
 Cidco Housing, Navi Mumbai
 Coal India Complex, Kolkata
 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Headquarters, New Delhi
 Energy Technologies Center, NTPC Limited, Greater NOIDA
 Engineers India House, New Delhi
 Gas Training Institute, NOIDA
 French Embassy Staff Quarters, New Delhi
 Satish Gujral House, New Delhi
 Grapecity - Japanese Software Center, NOIDA
 Hall of Nations, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
 Indian Embassy, Beijing (China)
 Housing for British High Commission, New Delhi
 Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology, New Delhi
 Jang-e-Azadi Memorial and Museum, Kartarpur, Punjab
 National Brain Research Institute, New Delhi
 National Centre for Biological Sciences, New Delhi
 Lisbon Ismaili Centre, Lisbon (Portugal)
 National Institute for Immunology, New Delhi
 National Institute of Public Finances and Policy, New Delhi
 NTPC Tower, NOIDA
 Parliament Library at Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi
 Rewal House, New Delhi
 Sahu Jain Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
 Sheikh Sarai Housing, New Delhi
 Sham Lal House, New Delhi
 Standing Conference of Public Enterprises Office Complex,
New Delhi
 State Trading Corporation, New Delhi
 Television Centre (Doordarshan Bhawan), New Delhi
 Visual Arts Institutional Campus, Rohtak
 World Bank Regional Mission, New Delhi.

The Asian Games Village is located in the Siri Fort area,

near Hauz Khas in New Delhi, India.
The site was developed as the athlete's village for the 1982
Asian Games held in New Delhi. This site was designed by Raj
Rewal The village is the first of its kind in the Games series.
Built on the remains of the 15th Century Khalji Dynasty's Siri
Fort over an area of 800 acres (3.2 km2), this residential colony
has 853 flats of which 793 house top officials of PSUs,
bureaucrats, public servants, and union ministers.
Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam was resident in the
colony prior to his nomination to that position.
Asian Games Village is one of the most desirable area of New
Delhi as it is surrounded by the lush green spaces of Siri Fort
Ridge and located next to the Siri Fort sports complex which
hosted the squash and badminton tournaments during the 2010
Commonwealth Games. Asiad Village is directly accessible
from within to Sirifort Sports Complex with an exclusive
entrance. Asian Games Village consists of various blocks and
lanes named after eminent sportspersons from India.