Tanuja & Sanjay Kanvinde

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Tanuja & Sanjay Kanvinde

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KANVINDE RAI & CHOWDHURY

Tanuja Kanvinde’s early inclination towards architecture as a career could be linked to her grandfather (who was an art teacher) and her love for drawing. Likewise, her husband and partner Sanjay Kanvinde’s environs being around his father, one of the pioneers of modern Indian architecture Padmashri late Achyut P Kanvinde, exposed him to the world of architecture from an early age. This reinforced his choice to take up B.Arch from SPA, Delhi, followed by a three-month stint with Morad Chowdhury and a Master’s in Urban Design at Rice University, Houston. Back home, Sachin got a chance to work closely with his father, imbibing the art of sketching, the all-pervasive values of ethics, integrity and professionalism and, alongside, his enthusiam to test new concepts. He was taken on as a consultant in 1980, appointed an associate five years later and a partner in 1990. Tanuja joined Kavinde, Rai & Choudhury as an assistant architect in 1984 and grew to be a partner. Joining an established practice meant they could use their creative energies towards their projects CCRT Dwarka in 1999, IIT Kanpur Academic Zone, Bioscience and Bio Engineering Building in 2003, Centre for Environment Science and Engineering in 2008 (used in a film made by the firm—Making of a Green Building), Industrial Management Engineering in 2011, Rajeev Motwani Building in 2014.  In the current context, the relevance of boutique practices like theirs are due their competitive competencies over global entrants, while retaining their sustainable edge.