title: Sarbjit Bahga
text: # Sarbjit Bahga
  
  Sarbjit Singh Bahga is an Indian architect, author and photo-artist. He is known for designing Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar, India which was featured in the Guinness World Records for Longest covered concrete corridor.
  
  ## Career
  
  Sarbjit Bahga obtained Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture in 1979. From 1980 to 2016, Bahga worked in the Department of Architecture, Punjab; Punjab Health Systems Corporation; and Punjab State Marketing Board on various positions. In 2016 he founded Bahga Design Studio LLP. During his career spanning more than three-and-a-half decades he has designed many architectural projects which include administrative, recreational, educational, medical, residential, commercial, and agricultural buildings. His selected works are published in the book titled Modern Regionalism: The Architecture of Sarbjit Bahga'.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Punjab Mandi Board Head Office, Mohali
  * Agriculture Bhawan, Mohali
  * Market Committee Office, Lehragaga
  * Sports Stadium, Badal
  * Sports Stadium, Bathinda
  * Hockey Stadium, Bathinda
  * Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
  * State Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences, Badal
  * Dr. Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar
  * Civil Hospital, Samana
  * Yatri Niwas, Talwandi Sabo
  * Fish market, Ludhiana
  * Centre of Excellence for Fruits, Hoshiarpur
  * Modern Cattle Sheds, Punjab
  
  ## Notable publications
  
  * Modern Architecture in India: Post-Independence Perspective, Galgotia Publishing Company, 1993
  * New Indian Homes: An Architectural Renaissance, Galgotia Publishing Company, 1996
  * Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret: Footprints on the Sands of Indian Architecture, Galgotia Publishing Company, 2000
  * Trees in Urban Habitat, White Falcon Publishing Solutions, 2014
  * Contemporary Indian Houses, White Falcon Publishing Solutions, 2014
  * Landscaping Human Habitat, White Falcon Publishing Solutions, 2015
  * Architectural Rendering: Hand-Drawn Perspectives and Sketches, White Falcon Publishing Solutions, 2021
  * New Indian Architecture: 1947-2020, White Falcon Publishing Solutions, 2022
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  * Featured in the Guinness World Records for designing Longest covered concrete corridor (1018.89m) in Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar in 2014.
  * World Architecture Community Award in the 13th Cycle, for the design of Market Committee Office, Lehragaga, Punjab in 2013.
  * World Architecture Community Award in the 16th Cycle, for the design of CLTA Cafeteria, Chandigarh in 2014.
  * World Architecture Community Award in the 17th Cycle, for the design of Nocturnal House, Chhatbir Zoo, Punjab in 2014.
  * Celebration of Architecture Award for the designs of Multipurpose Sports Stadiums in Punjab by the Business India Exhibitions and Inside Outside Magazine in 2012.
  * First Friday Forum Award For Creative Excellence in 2017.
  