HCPDPM - HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd.
HCPDPM - HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd.
HCPDPM - HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd.
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In August 1988 the office moved once more. This time, it was to “Paritosh” Usmanpura,<br />
their present address, <strong>and</strong> into a space that was designed by them to house the studios,<br />
offices, conference rooms <strong>and</strong> workshop of M/s <strong>HCP</strong>. The design studios occupied the<br />
ground <strong>and</strong> first floors of the building, the topmost floor had an apartment that functioned<br />
as a guest house, the seventh floor was held in reserve for future expansion,<br />
a part of the basement was used for storage <strong>and</strong> would later be converted to a wood<br />
workshop, <strong>and</strong> the rest of the floors housed the offices of various other firms. M/s <strong>HCP</strong><br />
now had a “home” on the riverbank with enough space to grow.<br />
In the early 1990’s the structure of the firm changed once again. Hasmukhbhai’s children,<br />
both architects, returned after post-graduate studies abroad to join the firm <strong>and</strong><br />
then branch out again – each building a different arm of the practice specialising in<br />
areas of design ranging from furniture design to regional planning! The <strong>HCP</strong> family of<br />
companies today, includes <strong>HCP</strong> Interior Architecture (<strong>HCP</strong>IA) headed by Architect Canna<br />
Patel, <strong>HCP</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>and</strong> Environmental Planning Collaborative<br />
(EPC) headed by Architect <strong>and</strong> Planner Bimal Patel, Geographis headed by Architect<br />
<strong>and</strong> Planner Shirley Ballaney, <strong>and</strong> TDW Furniture headed by Architect Ismet Khambatta.<br />
<strong><strong>HCP</strong>DPM</strong>, offers architectural design, urban design, urban planning <strong>and</strong> project management<br />
services. The strength of the firm at present is a hundred <strong>and</strong> fifty persons.<br />
Their portfolio of projects completed includes homes, multi- family housing, institutes,<br />
schools, college campuses, hospitals, factories, hotels, sports stadia, urban renewal<br />
projects <strong>and</strong> townships. Ahmedabad’s Riverfront Development <strong>Project</strong> is by far the<br />
most ambitious project undertaken by the firm <strong>and</strong> the first of its kind in the country.<br />
<strong><strong>HCP</strong>DPM</strong> has received several national <strong>and</strong> international design awards including<br />
the IIA’s Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement which was awarded to<br />
Mr. Hasmukh Patel.<br />
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