Prabir Mitra - Tribute to an Unsung Architect

Prabir Mitra Architect, Structural Engineer, Legend

• When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’

• – Erma Bombeck

• Ar. Prabir Mitra has been one of the leading architects of Kolkata and West Bengal for more than four decades.

• Prabir Mitra trained in architecture in England and Germany in 1960’s.

He specialized from the Marcel Brewer BAUHAUS School in Germany, both in Architecture and Structure Engineering

• He became a member of The Royal Institute of British Architects and worked in Hamburg, Germany as a group leader in a renowned architectural firm. They were acclaimed and awarded for the famous Hamburg Port & Dockyard Revitalization project.

• In 1967 he was awarded for the National Art Gallery, Munich design competition, in which top ten architects of the world were invited. • Ar. Mitra returned to India and started his independent practice.

• He received the JK Cements Architect of the Year Award in 1998 for his landmark creation the Ffort Radisson at Raichak. His famous early works in Kolkata include Saptaparni Apartments, Chloride Corporate Office Building, VSNL Corporate Building, Food Court at Swabhumi Heritage Plaza, IIMT Bengal (Hospitality Management Institute) and IIT Kharagpur Academic Complex.

Ffort Radisson at Raichak

Saptaparni Apartments

VSNL Corporate Building

Food Court at Swabhumi Heritage Plaza

IIT Kharagpur Academic Complex

• In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

• – Abraham Lincoln