Rebuild & Revive
Restoration, repair, renewal
Abandoned buildings or structures can be turned into thoughtfully designed spaces for either public or private use. There’s nothing more fascinating than bringing heritage buildings back to life. This category calls for entries in rehabilitation or restoration of an existing building located in India, that has been previously dismissed, underused or abandoned. The new structure can be for private use or public activities like a theatre, library, museum, etc.
Categories
Criteria and guidelines
Special criteria
- The project has to be a rehabilitation or restoration of an existing building located in any city in India, which was previously underused or abandoned.
- The new building should have been designed for private use or a public activity like theatres, libraries, museums, etc.
- Participants must submit a maximum of 10 professionally shot photographs each of what the building was before and what the structure is now. These must be put together as a presentation in a PDF format.
Entry rules & regulations:
- Participants must upload their entries on the microsite in PDF, JPEG or PNG format only. It is an online submission.
- Entries can also be submitted by email at kbda@kohler.com. Entries submitted over email must include the following details: designer name, firm name, contact details, point of contact, company website, category and project description (in 300 words or less) along with the project location.
- Submissions must include sketches, plans, elevations and before and after images of the space (optional) with professionally shot pictures (interiors and exteriors).
- The number of pages in the PDF/Images should not exceed 10. The total file size should not be greater than 50 MB.
- The project should be described as per the guideline questions in a document in 300 words or less. All information on the project must be addressed through ONE sheet of the PDF only.
- The project must be absolutely complete and based in India.
- The project should not be more than 3 years old (not older than 2021).
- Projects that have won or been nominated in previous KBDAs are not eligible to re-enter.
Instituted in 2016 as a biennial event, the Kohler Bold Design Awards is a platform by Kohler India, to acknowledge and celebrate truly exceptional work done by Indian architects & designers. The Jury panel includes some of the most renowned personalities in the field of architecture and design from India and abroad.
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