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Dhiru A. Thadani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dhiru A. Thadani 8 June 1955 |
| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of America |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Parent(s) | Ambrit Thadani Gunu Gurbaxani |
| Practice | Thadani Architects |
| Website | www |
Dhiru A. Thadani (born June 8, 1955) is an Indian architect, author, educationist and an urbanist.[1] During his career, he has planned and designed towns, urban settlements, small townships, infill densification projects and academic campuses. He has been conducting research [2] on human settlements, specifically formation of towns and cities. He also does mentoring and lecturing on varied architectural topics.[3]
Early Life and Education
[edit]Born on June 8, 1955 in Mumbai, India, to Gunu Gurbaxani and Ambrit Thadani, Thadani did his early education in Cathedral and John Cannon High School in Mumbai.[4] He moved to Washington DC in 1972 to study architecture at Catholic University of America.
Career
[edit]Thadani began his career as a Freelance Architectural Renderer in 1976. From 1978 to 2009, Thadani held various positions at leading architectural firms - Chapman & Associates and Ayers Saint Gross.[5] In 1980, he also founded Thadani Architects for providing a broad range of consulting services in architecture and urban design to governments and corporations across the world. He is currently the Director at Thadani Architects and Urbanists.[6][7][8][9]
Selected Bibliography
[edit]Thadani, Dhiru (April 27, 2021). Reflections on Seaside: Muses, Ideas, Influences, New & Future Project. Rizzoli International, New York. p. 848. ISBN 978-0-8478-7016-5.
Thadani, Dhiru (September 3, 2013). Visions of Seaside: Foundation, Evolution, Imagination, Built & Unbuilt Architecture. Rizzoli International, New York. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-8478-4153-0.
Thadani, Dhiru (2012). Chinese Translation of The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary. Publishing House of Electronics Industry.
Thadani, Dhiru (November 16, 2010). The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary. Rizzoli International, New York. p. 781. ISBN 978-0-8478-3486-0.
Krier, Léon (March 2011). Thadani, Dhiru (ed.). The Architecture of Community (translated into Chinese, Spanish, German). Island Press. p. 496. ISBN 9781597265799.
Contributor to The Teaching of Architecture and Urbanism Caleidoscópio Ediçao, Council for European Urbanism, Viseu, Portugal (2006)
E.Bothwell, Stephanie; M.Duany, Andres; J.Hetzel, Peter; W Hurtt, Steven; A.Thadani, Dhiru (June 8, 2004). Windsor Forum on Design Education: Toward an Ideal Curriculum to Reform Architectural Education. New Urban Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0975450604.
Thadani, Dhiru, ed. (September 1993). Making Towns: Principles and Techniques (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland).
Thadani, Dhiru, ed. (1992). Five Architects: Twenty Years Later (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland).
Thadani, Dhiru, ed. (1991). Building the City: Where Nature and the City Meet.
Honours and Awards
[edit]- 2019 - CNU Charter Award for completion of the Lyceum Block at Seaside, Florida[10]
- 2017 - CNU Charter Award for Westside Atlanta Master Plan[11]
- 2016 - CNU Charter Award for Luhe, China, Master Plan, for a New City for a Million Inhabitants[12]
- 2015 - ISOCARP, Design Award for Excellence for Luhe, China, Master Plan[13]
- 2014 - Gerd Albers Book Award (ISOCARP) for Visions of Seaside: Foundations/Evolution/Imagination/Built & Unbuilt Architecture[14]
- 2011- Gerd Albers Book Award (ISOCARP), The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary[15]
- 2008 - CNU Charter Award for Vedanta University, Orissa, India[16]
- 2007 - AIA/Baltimore Maryland Chapter, Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture for Vedanta University, Orissa, India[17]
- 2007 - CNU Charter Award for Long Beach Mississippi Redevelopment Plan[18]
- 2005 - Jimmy Carter Center Award for Beall’s Hill Georgia Redevelopment Plan
- 2005 - AIA / Baltimore Maryland Chapter, Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture Beall’s Hill Georgia Redevelopment Plan
- 2004 - CNU Charter Award for Lexington Kentucky College Town Master Plan[19]
- 2003 - Vision Award, The Committee of 100 on the Federal City for the Westminster Street Playground, Cardoza-Shaw Neighborhood, Washington, DC[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dhiru Thadani". CNU. February 12, 2016.
- ^ "Dhiru THADANI | Managing Director | Architecture & Urban Design | Research profile".
- ^ https://isocarp.org/app/uploads/2014/05/Scape-14-about-Dhiru-Thadani.pdf
- ^ "Dhiru Thadani".
- ^ 7.ttps://www.orissalinks.com/archives/813
- ^ "Dhiru – Store". Dhiru.
- ^ Thadani, Dhiru; Blues, Tom (February 20, 2012). "Vision into Action: Design Excellence & Economic Development [Lecture by Thadani and Blues]". Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues.
- ^ "CNUdc Board of Directors". cnu-dc-chapter.
- ^ "Dhiru Thadani - Short Bio". ISOCARP.
- ^ "Announcing the 2019 Charter Awards". CNU. May 22, 2019.
- ^ "CNU Charter Awards – Land-Use Action Plan – May 2017".
- ^ "2015 Winners Awards for Excellence". ISOCARP.
- ^ "Announcing the 2015 Charter Award Winners". CNU. June 9, 2015.
- ^ "Dhiru Thadani Winner of the Gerd Albers Award 2014". ISOCARP.
- ^ "2011 Winner". ISOCARP.
- ^ https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/files/Awards%20book%20proof%203-20.fp7_.pdf
- ^ "Odisha HRD » Master plan for Vedanta University wins AIA Baltimore design awards".
- ^ https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/files/Awards2007.pdf
- ^ https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/files/Charter%20awards%202004.pdf
- ^ "Playground Renovation History | Westminster Neighborhood Association".
External Links
[edit]- Official website
- About those pesky pedestrian crossing buttons[permanent dead link]
- Urbanism: Reconsidering Seaside, Florida
- Vision into Action: Design Excellence & Economic Development Lecture by Thadani and Blues
- Lutyens’s Plan for New Delhi
- The Art of Making Places
- Dhiru Thadani: Successional Urbanism (Video). Congress for the New Urbanism.
- On the Park Bench - Author's Forum: 50th Anniversary of Life Between Buildings with Jan Gehl (Video). Congress for the New Urbanism.
- Dhiru Thadani on New Urbanism and Seaside, Florida (Video).
- Dhiru Thadani on India and new urbanism (Video).