Project
Shiva 1800

Category 
Best Project of Public Building or Facility

About the project (provided by the applicant)
An existing small 200 year old temple built in the 18th century sits atop a rocky hill in the midst of the desert landscape in Nokha region in Rajasthan, India.
The brief was to beautify the surroundings. After a study of the surrounding villages in the region we noticed a lack of community spaces.
We saw this as an opportunity to create community spaces for the 144 villages in the region & proposed multipurpose spaces to be built additionally. This was accepted by the clients.
The design prop

Location
Silva, Nokha, Rajasthan, India

Project design year
2024

Extra visual materials
https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-projects/phzpf/shiva-1800-project-pages.html
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2025-renovation/shiva-1800-how-to-beautify-the-surroundings-of-a-200-year-old-temple-in-a-desert-landscape-sanjay-puri-architects
https://x.com/WACommunity/status/1911359982848684504


Applicant
Sanjay Puri Architects

The firm with founding partners Sanjay Puri & Nina Puri have won architectural projects in Australia, Spain, Montenegro, UAE, Oman & Dallas USA and are currently involved in the design of projects in 36 Indian cities.

With a current firm strength of 108, evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable and creating spaces that explore spatial perceptions, with new design directions forms the essence of the firm’s design philosophy.

Authors of the project
Sanjay Puri Architects

Visualization
Sanjay Puri Architects

Customer
Padam Group

Other participants
Shiv Kumar – Site Contractor
Clients – Padam Group
Consultants - Texel Structure.
MEP - Shrestha Consultants Jaipur.

Status of the project
Conceptual design