Winners of India's most prestigious JK- Architect Of Year Awards (26th Edition) have been announced. Started in 1990 by the JK Cement - India's premier cement company, these awards are given annually.

 Winners of 26th JK AYA

Great Master’s Award:  Ar. Shirish Beri, Kolhapur (Maharashtra)

Eligible countries: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tanzania & Uganda

Green Architecture Award:  Ar. Uday Andhare, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Project: Living and Learning Design Center, Kutch, (Gujarat)

Living and Learning Design Center, Kutch

Eligible countries: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tanzania & Uganda

Indian Architecture Awards (IAA):

Architect of the Year:  Ar. Prasanna Desai, Pune (Maharashtra)

Project: Insitu Slum Rehabilitation Project, Pune (Maharashtra)

Commendation Awards:

Private Residence: Ar. (Ms.) Shefali Balwani, Mumbai (Maharashrta)

Project: Riparian House, Karjat (Maharashtra)

Public Building: Ar. Krishna Chaitanya Dommu, Hyderabad

Project: Mahaprasthanam, Hyderabad (Telangana)

Mahaprasthanam, Hyderabad

Young Archcitect's Award: Ar. Sudeep Srinivas, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

Project: Campus Café at RVCE, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

Campus Café at RVCE, Bengaluru

Architecture Student of the year:  Mr. Dipon Bose, Dhanbad (Bihar)

Project: Crematorium cum Memorial Complex at Nimtala Ghat, Kolkata (West Bengal)

College: Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi

Indian State Architecture Awards (ISAA):

Eligible States/U.T.: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry & Andaman/Nicobar

State Architect of the year Award: Ar. Fahed Abdul Majeed, Cochin (Kerala)

Project: Green Valley, Kolencherry (Kerala)

State Commendation Award:  Ar. Siddarth G. Sankar, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Project: Firebird Institute of Research and Management, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Firebird Institute of Research and Management, Coimbatore

State Young Architect’s Award: Ar. Haritha C., Calicut (Kerala)

Project: Center for Harmonious Living, Palakkad (Kerala)

Center for Harmonious Living, Palakkad

Foreign Countries' Architecture Awards (FCAA):

Eligible countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tanzania & Uganda

Foreign Countries’ Architect of Year Award:  Ar. Jubair Hasan, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Project: Loom Shade, Dhaka

Loom Shade, Dhaka

Foreign Countries’ Commendation Award:  Ar. WMK Sapumal Bandara, Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

Project: The Pavillion, Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

Foreign Countries’ Young Architect Award:  Ar. Lutfullahil Majid, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Project: Mosque, Gazipur, (Bangladesh)

Mosque, Gazipur

Top image: Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered species, Hyderabad designed by Shirish Beri

All images courtesy of respective architects

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