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Shilpa Architects

Indian architecture firm

Shilpa Architects is an international architecture, design and planning firm that was founded in 1979 in Chennai, India by Sheila Sri Prakash. The firm was established as a proprietary firm and is the first architecture firm that was founded independently by a woman in India.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded¹

HeadquartersChennai¹

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Sheila Sri Prakash delivering keynote address at 2013 Milan Design Summit — Photo: Shilpa Architects, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons³

Shilpa Architects is an international architecture, design and planning firm that was founded in 1979 in Chennai, India by Sheila Sri Prakash. The firm was established as a proprietary firm and is the first architecture firm that was founded independently by a woman in India.²

Timeline

1979Founded Founded¹

Links

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