Achyut Kantawala, AIA
Education
2000 Master of Architecture
Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University
Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University
Commendation for Academic Achievement
1996 Bachelor of Arts
Major in Architecture and Minor in Music
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s List
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s List
Affiliation
American Institute of Architects
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Council of Architecture India
Experience
Achyut Kantawala is an architect with over 25 years of architectural experience. With KPF he has worked on numerous tall towers and complex mixed-use developments in North America, UK, Middle East, East Asia and India.
His major endeavours include the ongoing Godrej One Class A office building in Pune, Three Sixty West and The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Worli, Mumbai, First International Financial Centre (FIFC) / Citibank in BKC, Mumbai, a 14 story LEED Gold rated office building providing office spaces exceeding the highest international standards and the award winning Marina Bay Financial Centre, Singapore designed to meet Green Mark Gold standards.
Mr. Kantawala’s design work has won a number of awards, including two ADEX Awards for Design Excellence (2005 and 2006), and he has been awarded 11 US patents for furniture designs. His work has been exhibited at various venues including the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, The Children’s Museum, Boston; and published in several books, including UltraMaterial and Plastics, and in numerous print and web publications, including Surface, Wallpaper*, Harvard Design Magazine, Metropolis and I.D. Magazine, USA.
Mr. Kantawala is a registered architect in Massachusetts, USA and with the Council of Architecture India.
Anant Bhangre
Education
2007 Master of Architecture
University of Lincoln, UK
Distinction
2005 Bachelor of Architecture
NDMVPS College of Architecture, Nasik
First class
Affiliation
Council of Architecture India
Experience
Anant Bhangre brings over 10 years of architectural expertise to AKA. During this period he has worked on a range of projects including residential, commercial, interiors, hospitality, transportation, aviation, and master planning.
Before joining AKA, he worked at Kennedy Design in Sheffield, UK for 3 years and then with Access Architects Mumbai for 2 years. He has been with AKA for 6 years.
Sayali Redij
Education
2014 Master of Sustainable Architecture
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
2012 Bachelor of Architecture
IES College of Architecture, Mumbai
Affiliation
Council of Architecure India
Experience
Sayali joined the AKA team in August 2015.
She strongly believes in sustainable architecture. She has a keen interest in making a building rely on its own resources. She believes a mixture of climate and context responsive architecture with water harvesting, zero energy and zero waste can achieve the desired goal.
Other than that she is a doodle artist and always up to creating something best out of the waste available in office.
Apeksha Tendolkar
Education
2014 Bachelor of Architecture
Vidyavardhan's IDEA - Institute for Design Environment and Architecture, Nashik
Affiliation
Council of Architecture India
Experience
Apeksha joined the AKA team in February 2018.
Apeksha has about 4 years experience. Before joining AKA she worked at PG Patki, Mumbai and KMA, Bangalore. Her experience includes private houses, retail buildings and residential towers.
She likes traveling, sketching & observing the built form. Sketch is from a recent visit to Banaras.
Ankita Kulkarni
Education
2018 Post Graduate Program in Project Management
NICMAR, Mumbai
2015 Bachelor of Architecture
NDMVPS College of Architecture
Affiliation
Council of Architecture India
Experience
Ankita joined the AKA team in August 2018.
Ankita has experience of about 4 years in residential and mixed-use projects. Before joining AKA she was working with SSA Architects in Mumbai where she worked on high rise towers of premium Mumbai developers.
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