Parth Uday Shah — Co-Founder

Parth graduated from the School of Architecture, CEPT in 1997. Thereafter he continued working in CEPT and devoted all his time to working under Prof Varkey. It was Prof Varkey’s confidence in him that made him re-start the CEPT Design Cell, later to become a full fledged CEPT Research and Development Unit. Subsequently he also worked with Prof Doshi and Prof Vasavada for about 3 years. He served as a Professor at Indus University, Ahmedabad between 2018 and 2023 and has been visiting Professor at CEPT and at IPSA Rajkot where he teaches Architectural Design; Topographical Systems; Building Materials and Photography. In Ahmedabad, Parth continued to practice along with his wife Brinda until 2003, when he went to the Netherlands to pursue his master’s course in water resources management, a subject dear to him. He enrolled at the prestigious ITC, the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, now, the Faculty of GIS and EO at the University of Twente. He was awarded a full bright scholarship under the NUFFIC program from the Netherlands Government. He completed his course with distinction and returned to India in 2005 to resume his practice from Rajkot. Their office, BPS Architects, aims to produce sound architectural works reflecting culture and climate of a place. At the same time, it is their desire to disseminate information towards a better-built environment using cultural context and appropriate technology. They specialize in adopting alternative and local building technology creating sustainable built environment. It is their concern to build contemporary designs that are appropriate; relevant and exhibit a regional language suiting project demands. Their office believes in Participatory & Inclusive Processes in Design of Built-environment.

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Location: Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Experience: 29 yrs 9 mos