Habeeb Khan
President, Council of Architecture (CoA)
Architect Habeeb Khan, graduated in architecture from VNIT and a Master’s in Architectural Design from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After his Master’s he worked in Philadelphia with Charles E. Broudy & Associates, where he was responsible for working and coordinating major retail design projects.
Later, he returned to India and established his practise where he worked on huge architectural, interior, and turnkey projects till 2006.
Architect Habeeb Khan is also involved in teaching and has been taking guest lectures and engaging in design studios, juries and examinations. He is currently the Design Chair at Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture and Design Studies at Nagpur. His Design teaching revolves around sensitizing students towards their own heritage and roots, context and climate within the framework of being contemporary. He believes that architecture shall be responsive to traditions, climate, context and be environmentally and ecologically responsible. He was awarded the JIIA best Interior Design award by the Indian Institute of Architects in 1998 and IIA-KAFF young architects award in 2000.