Akbar Hotel
New Delhi
1967-69
Post-tensioned shallow girders of 18m span carry the upper ten-floors of this 300 room hotel leaving the lower public areas column free. Tapering ribs radiate out of columns to span 18m at the entrance lobby level.
Architect: Shiv Nath Prasad
Design Engineer: D S Parikh
Maurya Hotel
New Delhi
1975-77
Four wings connected to a central core accomodate 350 rooms in this five-star hotel. Each wing has cascading landscaped terraces. Post-tensioned vierendeel trusses spanning 15m carry the upper floors. Precast trussed planks and hollow blocks have been used to cast the main floors to effect economy in material and to reduce substantially the construction time. The front basement of the hotel houses a multipurpose hall measuring 30m x 30m having a double layer space grid in structural steel designed for a landscaped earthfil to provide a lawn.
Architect: Rajinder Kumar
Design Engineers: B B Chaudhuri GD Juneja I C Gupta C M Sardana
Associate Engineer: H S Bakshi
Lodhi Hotel
New Delhi
2003-07
Architect: Kerry Hill Architects
Other Projects
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1994-97
Architect: Arcop Associates
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1999-2000
Architect: Jasbir Sawhney
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1998-99
Architect: Romi Khosla
ITDC Motel
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1980
Architect: Kanvinde, Rai & Chowdhury
Park Hotel
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1981-86
Architect: Bose Brothers
Hotel Residency Manar
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1991-93
Architect: Shiben Ganju
Hotel Oberoi Novotel
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1991-92
Architect: William Perry
Hotel Kalinga Ashok Phase 2
Bhubaneshwar
1984-87
Architect: Ram Sharma
Hotel Bhramaputtra Ashok
Guwahati
1982-87
Architect: Bose Brothers