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Hotel at Bodhgaya

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SJK Architects is an architecture, interior design and masterplanning practice founded in 1990. We design spaces for a rapidly urbanizing India, meticulously crafted from a study of climate, culture, history, and technology – each unique to the place and its people.

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Some of the SJK's notable projects include theNirvana Films’ Studio(2011) in Bangalore, which won at theWorld Architecture Festival held in Singapore in 2012; theLeaf House(2012) in Mumbai, shortlisted for the World ArchitectureFestival, 2012;Automobile Design Studio(2015) forMahindra and Mahindra; multiple-award-winning projects for Marasa Hospitality, including the Dasavatara Hotel(2015) in Tirupati, a holy city for Hindus and home to many historic temples, and theHotel inBodh Gaya(2020), one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world; the Apartment Building at Boat Club (2020) in Chennai; theRural Multi-specialityHospital(2021) for the JSW Foundation in Alibaug, near Mumbai. Upcoming projects include the Museum for Jain Heritage in Koba, near Ahmedabad; thePublic Pavilions in Palitana, a major pilgrim town for the Jain community in Gujarat; and the on going expansion of SR University in Warangal, Telangana.

Our work has accrued considerable Indian and international acclaim, receiving many distinctions such as the World Architecture Festival Prize(Singapore)in 2012, the Futurarc Green Leadership Award (Singapore) in 2012,The Chicago Athenaeum Museum ofArchitecture & Design(USA) in 2016, thePrixVersailles Award(France) in 2016 and 2022,The Merit List in 2021,JK AYA Award in 2023 and nine awards from the Indian Institute ofArchitects and Indian Institute of Interior Designers. One of our projects has recently been selected for theUIA Guidebook for the 2030 Agenda for advancing the United Nations’Sustainable Development Goals. The practice’s work has been featured in many eminent international publications including Domus, Dezeen and theFuture Arc Magazine.

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Hotel at Bodhgaya
Bihar, India

Bodhgaya - where the Buddha received enlightenment; one of the holiest and oldest sites of pilgrimage for the Buddhist world. Our hotel – gently uses the vocabulary of brick details from the Buddhist trail - vaults to corbelled arches to stepped jambs that soften the edges of buildings and make them welcoming and timeless. Replete with courtyards and water bodies that play with the sunlight – stained concrete vaults and keyhole windows  create dancing shadows and a lasting emotion of serenity and surrender

Forest of Chintz
Mumbai, India
Hotel at Bodhgaya
Bihar, India
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Commercial Office
Nagpur, India
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International Office of Migration
Geneva

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