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Raj rewal
Raj Rewal is a leading Indian architect.
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Early life
Raj Rewal was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.
Career
Rewal lived in Delhi and Shimla from 1934–1951. He attended Harcourt Butler higher secondary school. Between 1951-1954 he attended the Delhi School of Architecture in New Delhi.
After completing a degree in architecture in New Delhi, he moved to London in 1955 where he lived until 1961. He attended the architectural association school of architecture for one year and the Brixton school of building, London from 1956-60.
Raj Rewal worked at Michel Ecochards's office in Paris before starting his practice in New Delhi in 1962. Between 1963-72, he taught at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. He opened a second office at Tehran, Iran in 1974. Among his better known projects are the Hall of Nations at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre, Asiad Village, the Parliament Library in New Delhi and NCBS (National Centre for Biological Sciences) campus at Bangalore. In 1986, he became the curator of the exhibition “Traditional Architecture in India” for the Government of India organised festival of India in Paris.He also designed an architectural college (SIUPA) in Rohtak and is head of members in academic council.