Indian architect
Narendra Dengle (born 1948) is an architect, academic, and author based in Pune. His architectural designs have been a part of VISTARA in Paris as part of the Festival of India exhibition in 1986, and State of Architecture Exhibition in Mumbai in 2017-18. He has partnered and worked on various academic and architectural projects with Achyut Kanvinde, Vasanth Kamath, Romi Khosla, M.N. Ashish Ganju, and Kamu Iyer.
Architectural practice and design.
Dengle began practicing architecture in 1974. In the same year, he founded a partnership firm with Vasant Kamath and Romi Khosla called The GRUP (Group for Rural &amp; Urban Planning), in which Revathi Kamath was an employee. From 1983 to 1987, he was the resident director of SEMAC(I) Private Limited in the Sultanate of Oman. He is the Principal of the firm Narendra Dengle and Associates. He has designed residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings, many of which have received critical appraisal and awards. His awards include HUDCO low cost housing in 1975 and the first prize for the Archaeological Museum in Srinagar in 2000.
Among his notable architectural projects are the Ramakrishna Math (2002), Maharshi Karve Museum (2007), and a bird observatory (2019), all in Pune.
Academic career.
Narendra Dengle taught at the School of Planning and Architecture from 1974 to 1981. He has been the Design Chair at institutions including KRVIA (2006-2011), and also the Academic Chair at the Goa College of Architecture (2012-2014). He has been closely associated as a faculty member with the Building Beauty Programme at the Sant'Anna Institute in Sorento. Dengle continues to teach and be on the juries of several schools of architecture and design.
Dengle was one of the founders of the Forum for Exchange and Excellence in Design (FEED), a public platform where he interviewed eminent architects from across India from 1999 to 2006. A selection of interviews and writings eventually resulted in the book "Dialogues with Indian Master Architects," which features Achyut Kanvinde, Raj Rewal, Anant Raje, Hasmukh Patel, Balkrishna V Doshi, Uttam C Jain and Charles Correa.