AWARDS

International

2024

Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Awards 2024

Restoration and Adaptive Reuse of Cathedral and John Connon School at Thomas House Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2022

2022 THE BLOOLOOP-50 - MUSEUM INFLUENCER LIST 2022

Nandini Sampat | Somaya Kalappa Consultants | blooloop 50 2022

As one might expect, the list includes high profile professionals from world-renowned institutions such as The Met, the V&A and the Getty alongside key museum designers and planners from leading firms such as Ralph Applebaum, SNK and Lord Cultural Resources.

2022

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum Of Architecture And Design - Honorable Mention -

International Architecture Awards 2022 Bharat Bhavan 2, Mumbai, India
2022

Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2022

Best Luxury Commericial, Interior Design for Bharat Bhavan -II, Mumbai - India
2021

Vassilis Sgoutas Award For Architecture Serving The Impoverished
Honourable Mention

Malabari Memorial Hall, Seva Sadan Society Mumbai, India
2020

Unesco Asia-pacific Heritage Award
Award Of Merit For Cultural Heritage Conservation

Malabari Memorial Hall, Seva Sadan Society Mumbai, India
2019

Unesco Asia-pacific Awards For Cultural Heritage Conservation
Award Of Distinction

Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
2019

American Institute Of Architects NY Design Awards

For Tata Consultancy Services, Banyan Park By Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects / Partners With Somaya & Kalappa Consultants As Winning Best In Competition
2018

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards For Culture Heritage Conservation

Honorable Mention: Rajabai Clock Tower And University Of Mumbai Library.
2017

ARCASIA Awards

Honorable Mention: Restoration and Preservation of Rajabai Clock Tower and University Library Building (Conservation Projects Category)
2016

ESTRADE Real Estate Award

Singapore - Heritage Architecture for TCS House, Mumbai
2015

Finalist For Phase 1- Concept Design And Master Plan For Amea Ventures Limited, Dubai UAE

Project Indigo, Dubai
2014

Nominated For ARC Vision Prize

Women and Architecture
2011

SEED (Social Economic Environmental Design) - Chicago, U.S.A. Competition

Honorable Mention: Rehabilitation of Bhadli Village, Bhuj
2008

The Phaidon Atlas Of 21st Century World Architecture
All The Greatest Buildings Of The 21st Century

The Bhadli Village School, Bhuj
2008

UIA (International Union Of Architects) Vassilis Sgoutas Prize For Alleviation Of Poverty

Rehabilitation for Bhadli Village, Bhuj
2007

Nominated For The Aga Khan Award For Architecture

Rehabilitation of Bhadli Village, Kutch
2007

Nominated For The Aga Khan Award For Architecture

Nalanda International School, Vadodara
2006

LEAF Awards Winner - The Leading European Architects Forum

Nalanda International School, Vadodara
2004

UNESCO Asia-pacific Heritage Awards For Culture Heritage Conservation Award Of Merit

St. Thomas Cathedral
1999

CAA-IIA International Conference On Urbanization And Housing - II

Best Practices Award
AWARDS

National

2024

Design Yatra
A Travelling Exhibition of Shortlisted entries from The IIA National Awards for Excellence in Architecture 2022
2024

19th CWAB Awards 2024
CW Architect & Builder Awards by Construction World and FIRST Construction Council.
2024

The Indian Institute Of Architects IIA Awards For Excellence In Architecture
The Indian Institute Of Architects IIA Awards For Excellence In Architecture Category : Interior Architecture – Institutional Project Money and Jewellery Gallery at the CSMVS, Mumbai
2024

2024 AD 100 - Award of Excellence
Cathedral and John Connon School at Thomas House (erstwhile Kodak House). “Thomas House, a 19th-century neoclassical structure, reflects the adaptive reuse of a load-bearing brick-and-stone composite structure from a bank to a school. This will hopefully be a catalyst for upgradation of all other heritage structures along the DN Road streetscape in the historically rich and dense Fort precinct,”
2023

Architect and Interiors India
The Aces of Space Design Awards 2023 Presents the Hall of Fame award to Brinda Somaya - Principal Architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants.
2023

All India Stone Architectural Awards (AISAA) 2023
Winner of the 11th All India Stone Architectural Awards (AISAA) 2023, for the Restoration and Adaptive Reuse of Thomas House (erstwhile Kodak House) Mumbai.
2023

Honorary Fellow of `The Indian Institute of Interior Designers’, IIID
Honorary Fellow of `The Indian Institute of Interior Designers’, IIID, 2023 in recognition of and in grateful appreciation for the outstanding commitment, meritorious and unreserved services rendered towards the profession of Interior Design
2023

2023 AD 100
The Finest Architects & Interior Designers In India
2023

P.I. Parikh Technocrat Excellence Award Recipient
Ar. Brinda Somaya M.D. Somaya and Kalappa Consultant Pvt. Ltd.
2023

Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, was conferred to Architect Brinda Somaya, eminent and renowned Architect and Conservation Specialist in recognition of her contribution to the field of Architecture and Conservation.
2022

2022 AD 100 - The Finest Architects and Interior Designers in India
SNK Somaya & Kalappa Consultants, Brinda Somaya, Nandini Somaya Sampat, Mumbai
2021

2021 AD 100 - The List of the 100 Most Influental Architects and Interior Designers in India
Somaya & Kalappa Consultants, Brinda Somaya, Nandini Somaya Sampat; Mumbai
2019

Architecture And Interior Design Conference And Awards
ARCHID awards by Fortunstreets.com
2019

Index Fairs Award
Ar. Brinda Somaya and Ar Nandini Sampat, Somaya and Kalappa Consultants for Conservation Architecture
2019

Forbes India Design Awards
Best Conservation and Restoration Architecture - Rajabai Clock Tower and Mumbai University Library
2019

IIID Design Excellence Award
Zonal Winner: Institute & Public Spaces for 'India and the world'
2019

Outlook Business WOW
Women of Worth
2018

HUDCO Design Awards
Conservation of Heritage: Rajabai Clock Tower & University of Mumbai Library Building, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2018

Architectural Digest- AD100 Awards
100 of the most influential names in Architecture and Interior design in the Indian subcontinent.
2018

7th IGEN Design Forum
Certificate of appreciation
2018

DNA - Sir JJ Architecture Awards
Brinda Somaya felicitated for "Outshining Achievements and Contribution to the field of Architecture"
2017

CWAB Awards
CW Architect and Builder Awards 2017 - August 2017
2017

India's Top 10 Architects
Construction World Architect And Builder Awards
For 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2017
2017

Trends Excellence Awards For Architecture And Design
Commendation for Maharashtra Nature Park - Architecture Best Concept for an Unbuilt Project Category
2017

IIID Design Excellence Award
Bali by Anchor Panasonic
2017

IIID Design Excellence Award
Commendation for Textile Gallery at CSMVS
2017

IIID Design Excellence Award
Delhi By Anchor Panasonic for Institutional and Public Spaces
2017

Grohe NDTV Design And Architecture Awards
Outstanding Industry Contribution
2016

The Keystone Award
Asahi India Glass Ltd. for Excellence in the field of Architecture.
2016

Kohler Bold Design Awards
Mumbai Esplanade Project, The Visionaries - The Big Idea Category
2016

The Keystone Award - Asahi India Glass Ltd.
For excellence in the field of architecture
2015

The Indian Institute Of Architects
IIA Awards For Excellence In Architecture
Commendation for Restoration and Preservation of Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai
2014

Mumbai Women Of The Decade Achievers Award
Excellence in Architecture and Urban Conservation
2014

Indian Institute Of Architects
Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal
Lifetime achievement in the field of Architecture
2013

Nomination For IGEN Design Forum
Awarded 2nd prize for National Competition for " Campus Design and Development of school of planning and architecture", Vijayawada - 2011
2011

Institute Of Indian Interior Designers
An Achiever And An Icon Among Women
Felicitation and Honours
2011

Campus Design And Development Of School Of Planning And Architecture, Vijayawada
Second Prize for National Competition
2010

CSI (Construction Source India) Felicitation Award
Best Commercial Urban Architecture Design Excellence
2008

VM And RD Retail Design Awards
Alapatt Heritage
2007

The Wienerberger Golden Architect Award For Lifetime Achievement
The Architecture + Design and Spectrum Foundation Architecture Awards
2007

Urban Heritage Awards
Indian Heritage Society - Mumbai
Banyan Park, TCS Andheri
2003

Urban Heritage Award
Indian Heritage Society - Mumbai
St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
2003

Magna Publications - Society Interiors
Outstanding Contribution towards Interior Architecture
2002

AYA JK Cement Award
Indian State Architecture Award
Jubilee Church at Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
2001

Women Achievers Award
Women Graduates Union (Indian Federation of University Women)
1999

Interiors And Lifestyle India - Millennium Edition
The Designer of the Year
1998

Indian Institute Of Architects
Kitply Award For Conservation
Cathedral and John Connon Senior School
1994

Journal Of Indian Institute Of Architects Award For Shelter Category
Garware House
1994

Indian Institute Of Architects
Kitply Award For Conservation
Cathedral and John Connon Middle School
1990

Urban Heritage Award (Indian Heritage Society) For Progressive Conservation
NRK House
1989

Urban Heritage Award (Indian Heritage Society - Mumbai)
Colaba Woods and Sports Complex (Public Spaces)