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{{short description|Indian conservation architect (born 1970)}}

{{Infobox architect
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| name = Abha Narain Lambah
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| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = 1970
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], India
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| significant_buildings =
| significant_projects = [[Ajanta Caves]]
| awards = {{ubl|10 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Conservation Awards|Architectural Digest Architect of the Year Award 2019
Architectural Digest Top 100 Awards for 5 years|HUDCO Best Restoration Project 2020, 2019, 2018|PRIX Versailles Best Interior Retail Award 2020|[[Eisenhower Fellowship]] (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20181126-it-takes-a-lot-of-grit-to-work-on-a-public-or-historic-building-says-abha-narain-lambah-1390003-2018-11-16|title=It takes a lot of grit to work on a public or historic building, says Abha Narain Lambah|orig-date=November 16, 2018|date=November 26, 2018|website=India Today}}</ref>}}
| website = {{url|https://www.anlassociates.com/}}
}}

'''Abha Narain Lambah''' (born 1970) is an Indian [[Architectural conservation|conservation architect]] whose eponymous architectural practice has restored several of India's [[List of World Heritage Sites in India|UNESCO World Heritage Sites]] like the [[Ajanta Caves]], [[Golconda Fort]] and [[Mahabodhi Temple]], and [[Mumbai]]'s [[The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai|Victorian buildings]] like the [[Crawford Market]], [[Royal Opera House (Mumbai)|Royal Opera House]], [[Asiatic Society of Mumbai Town Hall]] and [[Knesset Eliyahoo |Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Shikha|date=August 26, 2017|title=Star conservation architect Abha Lambah picks her five favourite projects|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/star-conservation-architect-abha-lambah-picks-her-five-favourite-projects/story-M0GUGt5yHe6t0e8ZmOCqdP.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/conservation-architect-abha-narain-explains-political-power-of-architecture-118042001169_1.html|title=Architect Abha Narain Lambah explains the political power of her vocation|first=Arundhuti|last=Dasgupta|date=April 20, 2018|via=Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Deodhar |first1=Neerja |title=Mumbai's iconic 'blue' Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue open to public, after year-long restoration |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/mumbais-iconic-blue-knesset-eliyahoo-synagogue-open-to-public-after-year-long-restoration-6053951.html |access-date=14 August 2020 |publisher=First Post}}</ref>

The firm's work has been recognised by the [[UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards|UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation]]. In 2017, their restoration work on the Royal Opera House, India's only surviving opera house, was given the Award of Merit under the [[UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-restored-royal-opera-house-bags-unesco-heritage-award/story-JOaNfE512AN3zhUixvzDGP.html|title=Mumbai’s restored Royal Opera House bags UNESCO heritage award|date=November 2, 2017|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

Their ongoing project is the restoration of [[Le Corbusier]]'s historic [[Chandigarh Capitol Complex]] in Punjab.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Soumitra|date=29 March 2017|title=Calcutta connect in Project Chandigarh|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta-connect-in-project-chandigarh/cid/1399533|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:RoyalOperaHouse.JPG|thumb|The pediment of [[Royal Opera House, Mumbai]] before restoration.]]
[[File:Opera House, Mumbai.JPG|thumb|The pediment after restoration.]]
Lambah was born in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) and grew up in [[Ballygunge]]. She attended the [[Loreto House]] school and then graduated from the [[School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
Lambah set up her architectural practice in 1996. Her first project was to finalise urban signage and street furniture guidelines for [[Dadabhai Naoroji Road]], along which many of the city's [[Gothic Revival]] and [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] buildings are located. In 2000, she became a conservation consultant to [[Rahul Mehrotra]] Associates, who were restoring the [[Chowmahalla Palace]] in Hyderabad. Between 2004 and 2006, she worked on the 15th-century [[Basgo Monastery]] and restored the [[Maitreya]] Buddha.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kadakia|first=Pankti Mehta|date=11 March 2019|title=Abha Narain Lambah: Etching Stories In Stone|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/2019-wpower-trailblazers/abha-narain-lambah-etching-stories-in-stone/52761/1|website=Forbes India}}</ref> Since 2010, she has restored many of Mumbai's Victorian, [[Neo-Gothic]] and [[Indo-Saracenic]] buildings, such as the [[Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai|Municipal Corporation Building]], [[Crawford Market]], [[Prince of Wales Museum]], [[Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai]], [[Knesset Eliyahoo|Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/celebrate-citys-architecture-open-spaces-says-expert/article27098247.ece|title=Celebrate city’s architecture, open spaces, says expert|first=Khevna|last=Pandit|date=May 11, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/south-mumbais-art-deco-and-victorian-now-have-a-unesco-world-heritage-tag/article24299593.ece|title=South Mumbai's Art Deco and Victorian now have a UNESCO World Heritage tag|author=Staff Reporter|date=June 30, 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref name="Datta">{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Rangan |title=Inside the synagogues of Mumbai |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/forbes-lifes/inside-the-synagogues-of-mumbai/63125/1 |access-date=21 January 2021 |date=3 October 2020}}</ref> Lambah has acknowledged the influence of [[Joseph Allen Stein]] and [[Charles Correa]] on her practice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Talati-Parikh|first=Sitanshi|date=May 22, 2017|title=How Architect Abha Narain Lambah Tackles Each Project With Nerves Of Steel|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/how-architect-abha-narain-lambah-tackles-each-project-with-nerves-of-steel|website=Verve Magazine}}</ref>

==Honours==
* [[Eisenhower Fellowship]] (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efworld.org/news/news-in-depth/a-lecture-by-an-eisenhower-fellow-in-the-hermitage-museum#.XwNAUigzY2w|title=Eisenhower Fellows|website=www.efworld.org}}</ref>
* Award of Merit, [[UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards|UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation]] (2017) - [[Royal Opera House (Mumbai)]]
* Honourable Mention, [[UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards|UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation]] (2010) - [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]].

==Books==
* {{cite book |editor-last=Lambah |editor-first=Abha Narain |date=2017 |title=The Land of the Five Rivers: Mapping the Architectural Landscape of Punjab |url=http://bookstore.teri.res.in/books/9788179934579 |publisher=[[Marg (magazine)|Marg Foundation]] |isbn=978-9383243167}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Lambah |editor-first=Abha Narain |date=2013 |title=Shekhawati: Havelis of the Merchant Princes |url=http://bookstore.teri.res.in/books/9788179934579 |publisher=[[Marg (magazine)|Marg Foundation]] |isbn=978-8192110684}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.anlassociates.com/}}

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[[Category:21st-century Indian architects]]
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[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian women architects]]
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[[Category:Conservation architects]]
[[Category:Indian women artists]]
[[Category:Indian women designers]]
[[Category:UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards winners]]

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