Saint-Gobain Glass India organises Transparence 2012

01 Feb 2013 CW Staff

Saint-Gobain Glass India organised 鈥楾ransparence 2012鈥�, the annual design competition for students of architecture and design on January 26, 2013. The event was held during the 55th Annual Nasa 2013 Convention at the Gateway College of Engineering at Sonepat. Supported by Ethos, its theme was 鈥楥lub House Design鈥�. Students were asked to design a club house for a live site in the city of Ludhiana. The mentor for the event was the renowned architect Jyoti Rath from Jyoti Rath Associates, New
Delhi. The competition witnessed over 1,200 registrations and 235 submissions from over 60 colleges. Like its past editions, Transparence 2012 brought together the best and most promising architectural minds in the country.

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