Draft:Dhiru Thadani

Dhiru A. Thadani (born June 8, 1955) is an Indian architect, author, educationist and an urbanist. During his career, he has planned and designed towns, urban settlements, small townships, infill densification projects and academic campuses. He has been conducting research on human settlements, specifically formation of towns and cities. He also does mentoring and lecturing on varied architectural topics.

Early Life and Education
Born on June 8, 1955 in Mumbai, India, to Gunu Gurbaxani and Ambrit Thadani, Thadani did his early education in Cathedral and John Cannon High School in Mumbai. He moved to Washington DC in 1972 to study architecture at Catholic University of America.

Career
Thadani began his career as a Freelance Architectural Renderer in 1976. From 1978 to 2009, Thadani held various positions at leading architectural firms - Chapman & Associates and Ayers Saint Gross. In 1980, he also founded Thadani Architects for providing a broad range of consulting services in architecture and urban design to governments and corporations across the world. He is currently the Director at Thadani Architects and Urbanists.

Selected Bibliography
Contributor to The Teaching of Architecture and Urbanism Caleidoscópio Ediçao, Council for European Urbanism, Viseu, Portugal (2006)

Honours and Awards

 * 2019 - CNU Charter Award for completion of the Lyceum Block at Seaside, Florida
 * 2017 - CNU Charter Award for Westside Atlanta Master Plan
 * 2016 - CNU Charter Award for Luhe, China, Master Plan, for a New City for a Million Inhabitants
 * 2015 - ISOCARP, Design Award for Excellence for Luhe, China, Master Plan
 * 2014 - Gerd Albers Book Award (ISOCARP) for Visions of Seaside: Foundations/Evolution/Imagination/Built & Unbuilt Architecture
 * 2011- Gerd Albers Book Award (ISOCARP), The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary
 * 2008 - CNU Charter Award for Vedanta University, Orissa, India
 * 2007 - AIA/Baltimore Maryland Chapter, Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture for Vedanta University, Orissa, India
 * 2007 - CNU Charter Award for Long Beach Mississippi Redevelopment Plan
 * 2005 - Jimmy Carter Center Award for Beall’s Hill Georgia Redevelopment Plan
 * 2005 - AIA / Baltimore Maryland Chapter, Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture Beall’s Hill Georgia Redevelopment Plan
 * 2004 - CNU Charter Award for Lexington Kentucky College Town Master Plan
 * 2003 - Vision Award, The Committee of 100 on the Federal City for the Westminster Street Playground, Cardoza-Shaw Neighborhood, Washington, DC