ANUPAMA KUNDOO was born in Pune, India in 1967. In 2013 she received an honourable mention in the ArcVision International Prize for Women in Architecture for “her dedication when approaching the problem of affordability of construction and sustainability in all aspects.” Kundoo’s internationally recognized and award-winning architecture practice started in 1990 and demonstrates a strong focus on material research and experimentation towards an architecture that has low environmental impact and is appropriate to the socio-economic context. Kundoo has built extensively in India and has had the experience of working, researching and teaching in a variety of cultural contexts across the world. She is currently Professor of Affordable Habitat at the UCJC Madrid and the Strauch Visiting Critic at Cornell University.

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