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CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Kishor Thapa,<br />
Project Director of<br />
the Outer Ring Road<br />
Project is a<br />
Humphrey Fellow<br />
with degrees in<br />
B.Arch and Masters<br />
in Planning. His<br />
experience includes<br />
design/ construction supervision of<br />
international terminal complex in TIA as<br />
well as preparation of the Master Plan of<br />
Purbanchal University.<br />
Dr. Rohit K Ranjitkar,<br />
Nepal Program<br />
Director of KVPT has<br />
very recently had the<br />
satisfaction of<br />
completing restoration<br />
work of Kal Bhairav in<br />
Basantpur. He and<br />
KVPT are onto many more equally<br />
important projects in the coming days.<br />
Sarosh Pradhan has<br />
been busy this year and<br />
involved in quite a<br />
diverse range of projects<br />
i n c l u d i n g<br />
conceptualisation of the<br />
Outer Ring Road Project<br />
from an architectural point of view.<br />
Soumitra Roy is the<br />
Marketing and Sales<br />
Manager of Asian<br />
Paints, a company that<br />
is active in fulfilling its<br />
corporate social<br />
responsibility by<br />
contributing to the<br />
beautification of Kathmandu.<br />
COVER<br />
Sonia Gupta is a well<br />
known Interior<br />
Designer from Delhi<br />
who is also becoming<br />
as well known in<br />
Kathmandu for some<br />
outstanding works.<br />
She admits to having<br />
a special affinity<br />
towards Nepal and would love to get the<br />
opportunity to spend more time here.<br />
Kai Weise studied<br />
architecture in Zurich<br />
and has been working<br />
in Nepal as an<br />
architect and urban<br />
planner since 1993.<br />
Kai is the country<br />
representative of<br />
PAHAR (Planners’ Alliance for the<br />
Himalayan and Allied Regions) and is<br />
presently working as a UNESCO<br />
consultant for the Kathmandu Valley<br />
World Heritage Sites in Danger.<br />
Niti Joshi Shrestha,<br />
MBA, is the MD of<br />
Frame World which<br />
deals in picture framing<br />
as well as decorative<br />
items. Niti has more<br />
than fifteen years<br />
experience in the craft.<br />
Shristi Pradhan is an<br />
Interior Designer who<br />
has done B.Sc.I.D from<br />
Mangalore University.<br />
She has completed<br />
many residential and<br />
commercial projects<br />
and is busy with projects in and outside<br />
Kathmandu.<br />
Verdant greenery and bubbling brooks<br />
reflect the tender loving care taken to make<br />
the Shangri-La Village Resort in Pokhara, a<br />
virtual paradise. No less soul stirring is the<br />
vibrant architecture of the resort, and in this<br />
it is obvious that similar care and<br />
thoughtfulness have been applied.<br />
Photograph by Ashesh Rajbansh<br />
Canon EOS 10D SLR<br />
16 - 35 mm/f2.8 L USM lens 1/20sec@f8.0<br />
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12 SEP-OCT 2005 SPACES