HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd. (HCPDPM) has almost fifty years of experience in interior design, architecture, urban design, urban planning and project management. HCPDPM was founded by architect Hasmukh C. Patel in 1960. The practice is now led by his son Dr. Bimal Patel Ph.D., an architect and planner.

Dr. Bimal H. Patel has over 20 years of professional consultation, research and teaching experience in urban planning and architecture. He has built on Hasmukhbhai’s approach to design and practice, and is responsible for shaping the combined vision of all four companies at Paritosh. He is committed to making Paritosh an innovative laboratory of design, planning and development management ideas and practice. Dr. Bimal Patel is the Hon. Managing Director of Environmental Planning Collaborative, a not-for-profit professional planning and development Management Company. EPC has been doing pioneering work in developing planning methodologies appropriate to the present Indian context. EPC works with various municipal corporations and urban development authorities in the state of Gujarat.

HCPDPM’s design and planning philosophy is focused on solving practical problems with the objective of making buildings and cities comfortable and meaningful to live in. Designers and planners at HCPDPM, first identify, clearly, the practical problems that need solving, and then strive to solve them elegantly. They are convinced that the look and feel of buildings and cities has to emerge from the problem solving process, that design has to be true to the nature of materials and technology used, and that design solutions should be environmentally sustainable.

HCPDPM has received several awards and accolades including the Indian Institute of Architects Award (2002); AR+D Commendation Award (2001); World Architecture Award (2001); an Indian Institute of Interior Designers Award (2003); a 14th JIIA Award for Interiors (2002); a Great Masters Award by J.K. Cement for Contribution to the Architectural Profession (2000); the Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement, from the Indian Institute of Architects to Mr. Hasmukh Patel (1998); and the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1992).

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