Apurva Bose Dutta

(architecture journalist)

By:- Ambika Bhadoriya

Chaitali Vishwakarma
 About
• Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta is an author and award-winning architectural
“The architects though would
journalist from Bengaluru, India.
be quite excited knowing that I
• She graduated in architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture in was stepping into a field which
2005 and obtained a diploma in freelance journalism from the UK. was so well acclaimed overseas
but not in India. But yes,
• Having worked in the core editorial teams of India's leading architectural whether it was back home or to
magazines Architecture+Design and Indian Architect & Builder. non-architects, it was difficult
explaining to them what I was
• All along her career-path, one of the main aims of Apurva has been to doing.”
create awareness around the subject of architectural writing through
various platforms and mediums, initiating discussions that can make the
subject a regular course in the architecture curriculum
• Apurva’s engagements in her journey of 15 years have also included
training students and professionals in architectural writing. A recently
started initiative is an online certified six-week course in the subject that
has witnessed several batches of learners since August 2020.
• Over the years through lectures, writing and as a mentor to many “It was only after that I took it
young students she has been promoting Architectural Journalism. up I realized that the amount of
fervor and passion with which I
• During her final year of BArch, the idea of an elective in architectural did my submissions for the
journalism intrigued her and she took it up. subject compared to no other
subject, that I started thinking
about it as an option. But due to
the ignorance of the field I did
keep Restoration and Interior
Designing as my other options,
because I was sure architectural
journalism didn’t have any
openings.”
 Architectural Journalism in India
The field is not easy but if one has the yearning, the
field can be  fascinating and arresting.
Architecture as a field is huge, and there is
an unrestrained charm of  discovering the many
thousands of themes one can write on, in this field.

• According to Apurva, this field is growing. And, over

the years the growth has been good and positive.

• Over the years she has heard from hundreds of

students and even practicing architects who want to
get into it.
Architectural voices of India
By:- Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta
Bengaluru-based author and award-winning architectural journalist, Ar. Apurva
Bose Dutta brings together luminaries of the architecture fraternity, for a
discourse on architecture and planning in India, its evolution, and a sharing of
their journey in the field. The diverse voices of architects Karan Grover, Brinda
Somaya, Hafeez Contractor, Shiv Datt Sharma, Christopher Benninger, Ravindra
Bhan, Parul Zaveri and Nimish Patel, Raj Rewal, Prem Nath, Sandeep Khosla,
BV Doshi, Sanjay Puri, Sonali and Manit Rastogi, Jasbir Sawhney, Sanjay
Mohe, CN Raghavendran and Kamal Malik celebrate the diversity and the spirit
of architects and architecture in India.