a firm of architects.
better designs for better living
We synthesize elemental design principles with data gathering, analysis and a research-driven understanding of organizational issues to create a comprehensive picture of how people interact with their environment.
ARCHITECTS
ANIRBAN DAS An architect with over 35 years of experience in design & project coordination of five-star hotels, large retail projects like shopping malls, hypermarkets, speciality stores, commercial complexes, high rise apartments, administrative complexes, industrial buildings, self-contained industrial townships on various assignments with large design consultancy organizations in India and abroad. He was heading ATKINS design team in india & his international experience in the UK, Middle east & Africa brings unique design ideas to support the business plan.
RAGHUNANDA A Raghunanda possessing a wealth of Architectural design skills and coordination management experience and a proven ability of successful end-to-end solutions in designs and execution. He brings with him more than 15 years of entrepreneurship and excellent client relationship qualities. He has a very pragmatic approach to design. Easy operational activities and profitmaking solutions are always imbibed in his designs. He believes good Architecture always brings in positives, wealth and happiness. He has had the opportunity to design different building types across India and even in the Middle East.
PROJECTS
THE GOLD SOUK, KOCHI Design, detailing & project coordination of a competition winning Jewelry Mall In Kochi depicting femininity in design.
Visual connectivity through exploration of spaces/brands.
LULU SHOPPING MALL, KOCHI Concept design for one of the largest mall in India. Total mall area is 12 lakh sft. The development contains a hotel also.
Central entrance concept to bring in easy accessibility to hyper-market & other shops.
FIRST INDIA PLACE, GURGAON A modern office complex designed in line with European built environment. Promoted by TCG Developments, UK.
Atrium with an elliptical form blended in a rectangle to give relief to rigidity.
ESSAR STEEL ACADEMY, HAZIRA On a 15 acre land near their Sponge Iron Plant, Essar Steel intended to build an engineering college to cater to the steel industry.
The design challenge was to make the built environment more corporate (for the buyers of sponge iron from abroad) but at the same time, student friendly. Formal character of the corporate image is the face of the design, but at the rear it is more informal and student friendly in terms of planning & structure.
INTEGRATED HABITAT CENTRE, GHAZIABAD A mixed use development in line with India Habitat Centre but with commercial development including a shopping mall.
Multi-faceted areas planned to cater to crowds with various moods/interests.
MPC, BANGALORE Moving Pictures Corporation (London) moved their entire production and design team to Bangalore. The office space consists of 650 work stations of a unique design.
Each work station housed two large monitors with a capability of individually dimming the lights above. We created the spaces and clusters of similar activity to encourage team work and creativity. Spaces were given to display study models of their cartoon character. The entire design is based on informality with few cabins for private discussion only. Feature walls were created to display the posters of their latest movie to their clients and visitors.
CLOCKTOWER APARTMENTS, AZERBAIJAN Detailed design of an upmarket apartment complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. Total area of construction was 12 Lakh Sq Ft.
Key aspects in the design of this luxurious apartment was striking the right balance between the classical and the modern.
RELIANCE TIME-OUT, BANGALORE Design co-ordination & project management of a leisure format store in the heart of Bangalore.
M V SREENIVAS HOUSE, KARUR The owners asked for a welcoming house with a sense of privacy and seemless connection between the interiors and the exteriors. The house is designed such that every room has a view of the garden space all around the house. Offsets have been created to allow the landscape to envelope the rooms. The house has been oriented to suit good air movement.
LOKHANDWALA SCHOOL, KANDIVILI A higher secondary school designed with central courtyard but a total deviation from the common built form of a school. Total builtup area is 75000 sft.
BL KAPUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, DELHI Spread on five acres of land, with a capacity of 700 beds, BLK Super Speciality Hospital is one of the largest tertiary care private hospitals in the country. The outpatient services are spread on two floors with 60 consultation rooms. All ambulatory services have been designed with intent to create dedicated aides for all specialities, with their interventional services in close vicinity.
The hospital has 17 stateof-the-art well equipped modular operation theatres. The Hospital has one of the biggest critical care programmes in the region with 125 beds in different intensive care units viz Medical, Surgical, Cardiac, Paediatrics, Neonatology, Neurosciences and Organ Transplant. All critical care beds are in the close vicinity of the Operation Theatre complex for easy accessibility and continuity of care.
B&B BUILDERS, VELLORE This corner plot had the advantage of excellent view from two busy residential roads. The design includes some apartments as duplex. Developed on a contemporary style, the design conforms to the extreme climatic conditions.
ESSAR STEEL ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, HAZIRA Concept and detailed design of ancillary buildings in sponge iron plant of ESSAR Steel.
ZAIN TELECOM CALL-CENTRE, ABUJA Design & supervision of construction of a call centre with total carpet area of 85000 sft including coordination of services and data management infrastructure in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
To cope with highly stressful job of handling customers, local flavour in every space is created to make the staff feel at home.
RELIANCE MART, JAMNAGAR Design co-ordination of a flagship hypermarket for Reliance Retail.
ZAIN TELECOM RETAIL OUTLET, NIGERIA Retail roll-out of 48 Zain Telecom Stores for change in brand from Celtel, Nigeria.
ALLIANZ TAKAFUL, BAHRAIN A retail outlet along with a back-office at the Bahrain International Airport.
MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL, MUSCAT Concept design for a 300 bedded multispeciality government hospital at Swaiq in Muscat, Oman.
The design approach works around the philosophy to create a different and informal physical environment where the people can connect themselves to a playful and therapeutic built environment that takes them away from their illness.
LIGHTING FIXTURE, RELIANCE FRESH STORES A modular lighting fixture for the retail stores that acts as a base for fixing various attachments like camera and other gadgets.
COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS*
*combined list of projects handled by Anirban & Raghunanda throughout their career as architects.
overseas projects
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CONCEPT, DETAILED DESIGN & DESIGN COORDINATION: • Boutique Hotel & Resort at Zanzibar Island, Tanzania • Multistoried apartment in Dar es Salam, Tanzania INTERIOR DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT: • Refurbishment of retail outlets for ZAIN Telecom, Nigeria • Call Centers at Lagos & Abuja for ZAIN Telecom, Nigeria • Call Center for Saudi Telecom in Bahrain • Retail outlets in Bahrain & Regional office in Qatar for Allianz DETAILED DESIGN: • Upmarket high rise apartment complexes at Bakikanov, Azarbaijan (WS Atkins design) • British Council Centre at Kathmandu, Nepal (WS Atkins design) • Ancillary buildings at Colchester near London for Ministry of Defence, UK (WS Atkins design) • Administrative building for Essar Steel in Djakarta, Indonesia
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Concept & detailed design of Integrated Habitat Centre, consists of Shopping Mall, Hotel, Convention Centre & Multiplex in Gaziabad (thro’ design competition) Concept & Design for Gold Souk , a Jewellery Shopping Mall at Cochin (thro’ design competition) Concept design of Lulu Shopping Mall at Cochin Concept & detailed design of Co-operative departmental store for Mecon Township, Ranchi Design coordination Architect for Leela Palace Hotel, Bangalore
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For Reliance Retail detailing & project management of Sahakari Bhandars in Mumbai – Matunga (Flagship Store), Juhu, Mazgaon, Borivilli & Worli. 200 nos. Reliance Fresh outlets in metro cities of India. Design coordination including project management of Hypermarkets, Electronics, Jewelry, Footwear, Books & Stationary Store in Bangalore. Tata Teleservices, Bangalore, Mysore, Karwar Jewellery store, Karur
Design & design coordination including Electrical, Sanitary & Plumbing systems, Storm Water Drainage Systems, for a township of 1600 dwelling units for a major currency note press, promoted by Reserve Bank of India located at Salboni in West Bengal and Mysore in Karnataka.
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Concept Design of Steel Academy promoted by Essar Steel at Hazira Detailed design of Conference complex of 850 seat auditorium & smaller auditoriums for NIMHANS, Bangalore. Detailed design & Design coordination for Lokhandwala School in Mumbai Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Narayan Nursing College and school, Bangalore
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Concept & detailed design of Speech & Hearing Institute, Mysore Design Coordination of office building for TCG Developments India Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of TCG, UK) at Gurgaon, Interior design and project management of WS Atkins corporate office, Bangalore Concept & detailed design of new regional office building for Mecon India Ltd. at Bangalore. Award winning design for New Secretariat Complex at Kohima, Nagaland. Siemens, Bangalore Marlabs, Mysore Natural Remedies, Bangalore Maiya software park, Bangalore Purple Yogi, Bangalore MPC, London Technicolor-India Uni World, Bangalore
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Concept Design of multi-storeyed car parking and shopping complex at Bangalore. Concept Design of mass rapid transit system railway stations with integrated commercial complex in Chennai.
residential
healthcare
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Concept & detailed design for high rise apartments in Bangalore accommodating 600 units. Apartments at HSR layout, Bangalore Venkates house, Bangalore Raghunandan house, Bangalore Kuldeep house, Bangalore Moni house, Bangalore Renganathan house, Karur MGS house. Karur Devatha group, Bangalore Balakrishnan house, Karur Golden sands beach house, Chennai Ravindran House, Bangalore Harish house Bangalore Group Housing projects, Tanjavur, B and B Builders Apartment complex, Vellore, B and B Builders
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Core team member for preparation of Outline Development Plan for Areas within Calcutta Metropolitan District. Team member - Design of Structure Plan for Calcutta Metropolitan Area Team leader for conducting existing landuse survey for Municipal towns of Malda, Jalpaiguri, Balurghat and Darjeeling under Urban Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
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Concept, detailed design & design coordination of: • Admin building, gate complex, canteen, captive power plant and ancillary buildings for Essar Steel, Hazira, Gujarat. • Ancillary buildings including administrative building for Jindal Vijayanagar Steel at Bellary, Karnataka. • New Currency Note Press for Reserve Bank of India at Mysore in Karnataka and at Salboni in West Bengal. • Canteen building for the Government of India Mint at Hyderabad. • Design Co-ordination and review of Vendors’ Drawings. • MGS apparel, Karur • Laxmi Packaging, Hosur • Aidin Technologies, Bangalore • 3DPD, Bangalore • Natural remedies, Bangalore
Concept, detailed design & design coordination of: • 425 bedded Superspeciality Hospital at Kannur, Kerala • 300 bedded Superspeciality Hospital for Pinnacle Hospitals, Vizag • 150 bedded Oncology Hospital for Pinnacle Hospitals, Vizag • National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore. • Valsad Medical College, Valsad, Gujarat • Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi • Medical College, and Township for North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Shillong • 300 Bed Dr. BL Kapur Memorial Hospital, Delhi • 300 Bed Escorts Hospital and Research Centre, Faridabad • 500 bedded hospital for Dr. R.P. Govt. Medical College, Tanda, HP • Concept design of Prototype Perinatal Clinics for Unicef at various locations in India • Upgradation and Master Planning of existing Medical Colleges at Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar in Gujarat • Redesign & re-planning of 125 bedded Kakaba Hospital, Hansot, Gujarat • Kokilalben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai • Agadi Hospital, Bangalore • Popular Hospital, Bangalore • Dr. Khincha’s diagnostic centre, Bangalore • Greenview Medical Center, Bangalore • Roomi Hospital, Pakistan • KIMS Hospital, Muscat • Narayan Hospital, Bangalore • KIMS medical center, Jubail, Saudi Arabia • Nellivigi Hospitals, Bangalore • Bangalore Netradhama, Bangalore • AddressHealth, Bangalore
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Feel free to contact us. Lets discuss your next project. Anirban Das [M] +91 9901681907, +91 9163312807 anirban.das@pentadestudio.in Raghunanda A [M] +91 9845253450 raghunanda.a@pentadestudio.in Pentades Studio T6/T7, Shalimar Arcade, 10th Cross Wilson Garden, Bangalore 560027 [O] 080-22132083