First time in India dedicated to protection, preservation and cityscape
Hand crafted Italian Murano Awards presented to Architects & Builders
Construction Source India (CSI) in association with Snowcem Paints & Classic Marble Company held its 4th edition of the CSI awards for Architecture / Design Excellence & Building Infrastructure at Hotel JW Marriot, Mumbai.
CSI has this year added two new categories of awards Excellence in Exterior Heritage Restoration dedicated to protection and preservation and Outstanding Cityscape Award to recognize outstanding architecture, urban design, landscape and public areas which improve the quality of life for local communities of which Mr. Ratnakar Gaikwad, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA received the Cityscape Award & Ms. Abha Narain received the Excellence in Exterior Heritage Restoration Award.
The CSI awards is mainly recognizing talent across the country in the real estate industry, just not the metros but tier I and tier II cities as well.
The awardees received exquisite, hand-crafted Italian Murano, CSI –Snowcem Awards 2010 which are especially designed for the occasion.
The list of Awardees & categories won are as below:
| Awardees | Category Won |
| Mr Ratnakar Gaikwad | Outstanding Cityscape Award |
| Mr. Boman Irani, Rustomjee | Residential Master Builder of the Year Award |
| Mr. Sarang Wadhawan, HDIL | Best Developer in Commercial Infrastructure |
| Mr. Shahid Balwa | Builder of the Year Award |
| Arch. Premnath | Best Hospitality Design Excellence |
| Arch. Anvay Naik | Best Architectural Design Excellence Award |
| Ms. Abha Narain Lambah | Excellence in Exterior Heritage Restoration Award |
| Arch. Brinda Somaya | Best Commercial Urban Architecture Design Excellence Award |
| Arch. Bharath Yamsanwar | Best Architect Firm of the Year Award |
| Mr. Dilawar Nensey | Best Affordable Township Award |
| Mr. Ninad Tipnis | Best Innovative Interior Design Excellence Award |
"We have noticed that very often Architects and Builders from smaller cities have immense potential, but their talent is unrecognized. Thus, our endeavor is to recognize their talent and contribution towards the real estate industry, we plan to take these awards to over 30 cities across the country in the coming year. This will be the first time in India, said, Mr. Sanjay Ghorpade, Vice President - Marketing, Construction Source India.
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“The selection criterion of CSI Awards for Architects & Builders are track records, construction quality, choice of construction material used, financials, project execution practices, green ethics and overall safety and systems, public popularity. In the selection stage, the finalist are evaluated based on their previous projects and most importantly timely execution and waste disposal methods”, added Mr. Ghorpade.
Commenting on their association with the awards, Ms. Vibha Khandelwal, Executive Director, Snowcem Paints said, “These awards are our way of saying a big “Thank You” to all the unrecognized architects and builders spread across the country for their yeoman service to the industry in particular and the society at large. We are thrilled to be recognizing such an accomplished and stellar group this year via Construction Source India. Colour, of course, has been a defining trait of our business since its inception. And, because colour can add enormous power, impact, emotion and vitality to our lives, we are proud to be able to acknowledge those who share our passion for the palette and all that it can achieve. To recognize outstanding use of color in architecture and design we have imported handcrafted Murano glass trophies, synonymous with great design blended by exclusive techniques of exceptional Italian designers.”
“When you look at a piece of hand-blown glass, you can't help but be captured by its beauty. The same is when you look at a beautifully designed structure, built excellently, preserved elegantly, where the freedom of expression is very impressive, added Ms. Khandelwal.
About CSI Awards: Encouraged by the success of the awards events in Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad over a year, Construction Source India (CSI) in association with Snowcem Paints, have conducted their 4th edition of the CSI awards for Architecture / Design Excellence & Building Infrastructure Development. The Awards encourage talent and achievers among architects and developers across the country in the real estate industry, just not the metros but tier I and tier II cities as well and has been instituted to give awards to them. Having begun in Mumbai the Awards which have been held in Bangalore and Ahmedabad will now travel to Pune and Delhi before the year end
CSI Awards Selection involved a stringent process: The selection process for the winners in the various categories of awards involves a rigorous two step Perception Mapping Process.
In the 1st stage which is the Short Listing Stage, all the data submitted by the developers in the application form will be thoroughly scrutinized by CSI on the basis of stringent criteria.
The 2nd stage is the Selection Stage. The selection criterion of CSI Awards for Architects & Builders is Developer’s track record, Construction quality, Financial, Highest Transparency, Best Project Execution, Best Overall Systems, Green Concepts and Best Overall safety. In the selection stage, the finalist are evaluated based on their previous projects and are also asked for the declaration from the developer relating to the project.