Spaces Vol 1 Is 6

NEWS & HAPPENINGS
INAUGURATION OF FISHTAIL RESIDENCY, POKHARA
FISHTAIL RESIDENCY in Pokhara
was officially inaugurated on Ashad 28,
2005. One of the bigger housing
complexes in the lovely city, the residency
is situated at an ideal location, Ghari
Patan, which is close to the airport.
Consisting of seventy two well designed
J.K. WHITE CEMENT
WORKS, a unit of J.K.
Cements Ltd., organized
an ‘Architect and Builders
Meet’ on the 23 rd of‘
August 2005 at Hotel Yak
& Yeti. The meet was well
attended with over one
hundred architects and
builders present on the
occasion. Arvind Kumar,
Regional Manager, Patna
Branch, spoke about the
company’s history as well
as its present day activities. D. Nagendra
Kumar, DGM (Marketing), gave an
enlightening talk on the company’s
products with special emphasis on JK
Wall Putty, a white cement based putty.
Touted as ‘the perfect putty for exteriors
and interiors’, the main use of the Wall
Putty is to fill uneven surface of cement
plaster and concrete wall and give a
smooth and strong finish to the walls for
future application of paints/distemper.
The company claims superiority of its
Wall Putty as compared to traditional
putty along parameters such as binding
property, durability and coverage area
as well as consumption of distemper,
appearance, water resistance, cost and
consistency. Following the presentation,
and sturdily built houses, Fishtail
Residency has an excellent
infrastructure. According to the
promoters, Annapurna Developers
Ltd., the housing complex is ‘A
Heavenly Haven’ providing a
convenient location, modern
amenities, affordable costs and
comfortable accommodations. All
the houses have four bedrooms
each and are three storied with a
car port in front. One of the major
attractions, besides of course the
munificent view, is a terrace garden on
the top floor. For those thinking of
owning a home away from home in the
scenic city of Pokhara, Fishtail Residency
clearly provides a good choice.
ARCHITECT AND BUILDERS’ MEET
questions were invited from the floor,
which were answered by the
professionals of the company.
J.K. Cements has been sponsoring the
annual Architect of the Year Awards
since 1990. The awards include Indian
Architecture Award (IAA) under which
there are six separate categories and the
Indian State Architecture Awards (ISAA)
with three categories. Under Focus
Countries’ Architecture Awards (FCAA)
are: Focus Countries’ Architect of the
Year Award, Focus Countries’
Commendation Award and the Focus
Countries’ Young Architect’s Award. The
Great Master’s Award (GMA) or
Chairman’s Award (CMA) is open to
SYMPOSIUM ON
VAASTU – VOL 7
Amidst well-known architects,
engineers, professors and architectural
students, a symposium on the 7 th issue
of VAASTU was held on August 14,
2005. At the function held in Pulchowk
Campus, guest speakers Prof.
Sudarshan Tiwari, Prof. Jiba Raj
Pokhrel, Campus Chief Suman Baidya
and Uday S. Shrestha, Editor of
SPACES put forward their views and
opinions about the journal.
VAASTU is published annually by the
Association of Students of
Architecture (ASA), IOE, and features
architectural designs of IOE students
besides articles from professionals.
architects from India and neighbouring
countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and
Bhutan. All the awards carry cash prizes,
citations and trophies. Past award
winners from Nepal include architects
Tom Crees, Deepak Sherchan, Roshan
Marahatta, and Sarosh Pradhan.
J.K. Cements is a part of the giant JK
Group, one of the largest conglomerates
in India, with a diverse range of
businesses and industries including the
famous JK Tyres and Raymond Suitings.
While the head office is in Kanpur, the
J.K. White Cement Works production unit
is situated in Gotan, Rajasthan. The
company has a large network of
customer technical service centres all
over India. In Nepal, Daya Trading
Concern, under MD Kanhaiya Mittal,
distributes the company’s products and
Nalin Prabhat, B.E (Chemical) is the
company’s Regional Marketing Officer. S
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