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Abha Narain Lambah

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Their ongoing projects include the restoration of the Mughal Garden of Shalimar Bagh Kashmir, Preparation of UNESCO Nomination for the Mughal Gardens of Kashmir; Sarnath and Monuments of Mandu. The firm prepared the successful UNESCO Nomination Dossiers for the World Heritage Sites of Rabindranath's
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Abha has been on the Expert Committee for the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum and Mentor Indian Museum Kolkata. The practice has over the last 25 years, focused on museum projects across the country that include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mumbai, Chowmahalla Palace Museum Hyderabad,
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Museum Indore, Bharatpur Museum, Jaipur Metro Museum, Anand Bhavan Allahabad, Nehru Memorial Library & Museum Delhi, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya Mumbai and Russia's oldest museum, the Kunstkamera. She is currently working on the Museums of Freedom & Kashmir at Delhi's Red Fort Delhi,
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Balasaheb Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak and Urban Conservation at Vadnagar. She served on the Governing Council INTACH and was Jury Chair – ADC Awards New York and has been a juror on the Golden Trezzini Awards.
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The architectural practice has worked on a range of historic forts and caravanserais across Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Punjab as well as Buddhist sites such as Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, Ajanta and Basgo.
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Lambah set up her architectural practice in 1996. Her first project was to finalise urban signage and street furniture guidelines for
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Santiniketan and Mumbai's Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles as well as Management Plans for Amber Fort and for
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Architectural Digest Architect of the Year Award 2019 Architectural Digest Top 100 Awards for 10 years
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ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST INTERNATIONAL WoW List 2022 13 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Conservation Awards
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The Land of the Five Rivers: Mapping the Architectural Landscape of Punjab
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buildings are located. In 2000, she became a conservation consultant to
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whose eponymous architectural practice has restored several of India's
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in Hyderabad. Between 2004 and 2006, she worked on the 15th-century
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Buddha. Since 2010, she has restored many of Mumbai's Victorian,
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UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
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School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi alumni
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Calcutta
Eisenhower Fellowship
Ajanta Caves
David Sassoon Library's 2023 Restoration
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conservation architect
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Ajanta Caves
Golconda Fort
Mahabodhi Temple
Mumbai
Victorian buildings
Crawford Market
Royal Opera House
Asiatic Society of Mumbai Town Hall
Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
Le Corbusier
Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Lalbagh Palace

Royal Opera House, Mumbai

Calcutta
Ballygunge
Loreto House
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Dadabhai Naoroji Road
Gothic Revival

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