Aishwarya Tipnis | |
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| Born | 1980 New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Award of Merit, UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards (2016) Honourable Mention, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation (2016) Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2018) Excellence Award for Heritage Conservation Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards 2019 |
| Projects | Mahidpur Fort, Madhya Pradesh Restoration work in Chandannagar, West Bengal, Main Building, The Doon School |
| Website | www |
Aishwarya Tipnis is an Indian architect, educator and heritage conservationist, whose eponymous practice Aishwarya Tipnis Architects focuses on heritage conservation of neglected monuments and significant buildings of India.[1][2][3] In 2015, her work on the century-old Main Building of The Doon School received the Honourable Mention under the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. In 2016, the firm's restoration work on the walls and bastions of the 18th-century Mahidpur Fort, in Madhya Pradesh, was given the Award of Merit under the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards.[4] In 2018, she became the youngest architect to be appointed the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her preservation work of French heritage in India, particularly Chandernagore in West Bengal.[5][6] Tipnis was part of the UNESCO Expert Team for preparing the Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[7] She has been recognised as a Global Cultural Leader by the European Union in 2016.[8]
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- ^ "Kashmere Gate heritage haveli to have its old-world charm restored". Hindustan Times. 3 March 2013.
- ^ "UNESCO Award for Restoration of Mahidpur Fort". World Monuments Fund.
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- ^ "Conservationists help locals joins hands with govt to save Delhi's heritage sites".
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- ^ "India's heritage needs saviours. Here are 15 of them". Condé Nast Traveller India. 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Two years of Global Cultural Leadership Programme | Cultural Relations Platform". www.cultureinexternalrelations.eu. Retrieved 2 February 2021.