The KOHLER Bold Design Awards is a design competition for leading Architects and Designers in India. There has
never been a better age for Indian design and architecture in India than now
Indian professionals are building an impressive repertoire of models for contemporary design, creations and
projects implemented not just in India but abroad The KBDA stands to recognize this talent.
This year the award ceremony will be held in Mumbai, India and will celebrate the region’s most outstanding
projects in the design industry. This competition serves as a platform to showcase tomorrow’s best talents in
the field of design and innovation. A jury of renowned international and Indian architects and designers will
select the most outstanding projects. The awards ceremony is in November 2018.
The Golden Pencil isn't made of wood and lead but of steel and gold. And while it may not draw on paper it
certainly draws the line between the ordinary and the sublime. Instituted to celebrate the vision of the
brilliant few designers and architects who see more in a brick than just a brick, the Golden Pencil seeks to
recognize the finest Indian talent which has redefined how one marvels at spaces and set a higher benchmark.
Whose vision can inspire others, their work define a culture and their creations recorded as great historical
events. It's one pencil they will all want to pick up when their masterpiece is done.
Raj Rewal is an Indian architect and urban design consultant who studied architecture in New Delhi and London. His humanist approach to architecture responds to the complexities of rapid urbanisation, the demands of climate, cultural traditions, and building crafts and technologies. His built works comprise a wide range of building types, including the Nehru Pavilion, the Scope office complex, the Central Institute of Educational Technology, the World Bank building, the National Institute of Immunology, the Parliament Library, and the Asian Games Village, all located in New Delhi, India, as well as the Ismaïli Centre in Lisbon, Portugal. Mr. Rewal's commitment to housing is also central to his built works. In 1989, Mr. Rewal was awarded the Gold Medal of the Indian Institute of Architects, and the Robert Mathew Award of the Commonwealth Association of Architects; in 1993, he was presented the Mexican Association of Architects Award, and is also the recipient of the Great Masters Award of the JK Trust. Mr. Rewal's works have been widely exhibited and published, with monographs in English and French; his most recent publication is entitled Humane Habitat at Low Cost. Mr. Rewal was a professor at the New Delhi School of Architecture and Planning, and has taught and delivered lectures at universities in Asia, America, and Europe.
