DMA - Dulal Mukherjee & Associates

End Seventies brought the firm fresh accolades as it won awards in a number of design competitions. Recognition came in the form of commission for a number of Government, Quasi Government and institutional projects that not only put DMA on a stable road to success but it also shaped its future as one of the leading architectural firms of the city. The building boom of the late Eighties and early Nineties gave the firm an opportunity to grow and spread its wings. Today, Kolkata is a city of the future, its growth and its progress is reflected in its changing architectural face, and DMA is playing a significant role in reshaping the city’s skyline. Moving ahead, however, does not mean breaking away from the past. Bengal has a rich heritage and conserving it is a challenge for the state’s architectural fraternity. It is a challenge DMA has willingly taken up and is involved in many restoration and reuse projects.

Accolades

Awards/ design competitions - won during his journey…

Interior design of International Building, Kolkata (1967-68)

Sports Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata (1979)

Indian Institute of Management, Joka, Kolkata (1979)

Re-development of Landsdown Market, Kolkata (1984)

Jal Vayu Vihar, Salt Lake, Kolkata (1983)

Alok Bharati – office building for Bhubaneshwar Development Authority, Bhubaneshwar (1986)

Indira Gandhi National Open University (1987, 1989)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (2003)

Housing Complex, Rajarhat, for WBIDFC (2006)

IIA Award for contribution in semi rural architecture – Kala Bhavan Graphic Studio
Durian Society Interior Awards for outstanding contribution to interior architecture. (2004)

Honours

At the ‘Festival of India’ in Paris, 1985, ‘Patha Bhavan Girls’ Hostel’ a Santiniketan project, was displayed at an exhibition on Indian contemporary architecture.

Some of DMs projects like the Don Bosco Church, Vishva Bharati, IIM hostel etc. were displayed at an exhibition on ‘Architectural Development.