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| known for = Concrete architectural designs<br />
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'''Jugal Kishore Choudhury''' is an Indian architect and urban planner from [[Assam]],<ref name="Interview: Manoj Kumar Das">{{cite web | url=http://www.assamtimes.org/node/198 | title=Interview: Manoj Kumar Das | publisher=Assam Times | date=21 July 2007 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> known for his concrete architectural designs.<ref name="Photographing Delhi's Architecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/214804-photographing-delhis-architecture | title=Photographing Delhi's Architecture | publisher=Art Slant | date=2015 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Concrete masterworks">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/concrete-masterworks-109060600028_1.html | title=Concrete masterworks | publisher=Business Standard | date=6 June 2009 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> He was associated with renowned architects like [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Pierre Jeanneret]] during they worked in [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Photographing Delhi's Architecture" /><ref name="Concrete masterworks" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=June 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref> He is a recipient of the Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal from the [[Indian Institute of Architects]], which he received in 1994.<ref name="Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal">{{cite web | url=https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/awards/view/3 | title=Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal | publisher=Indian Institute of Architects | date=2015 | access-date=June 28, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630194246/https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/awards/view/3 | archive-date=30 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Dalmia Cements, a part of [[Dalmia Group]], has established a forum, ''Padmashree Jugal Kishore Chowdhury Forum of Excellence'', in association with the ''Jugal Kishore Chowdhury Charitable and Educational Trust''<ref name="New project to protect the ‘Ethnic Architecture’ of NER">{{cite web | url=http://morungexpress.com/new-project-to-protect-the-ethnic-architecture-of-ner/ | title=New project to protect the ‘Ethnic Architecture’ of NER | publisher=Morung Express | date=11 April 2015 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> and Association of Architects Assam (AAA).<ref name="Dalmia Cement Introduces knowledge-sharing platform for Architects">{{cite web | url=http://www.dalmiabharat.com/upload/pdf/press_release_jKC_forum_ne_v2.pdf | title=Dalmia Cement Introduces knowledge-sharing platform for Architects | publisher=Dalmia Cements | date=2015 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> The forum has instituted an annual award in Choudhury's name, ''JKC Award of Excellence'' for recognizing excellence in architecture.<ref name="Dalmia Cement pumps in Rs 2,000 crore for North East business">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-17/news/58175352_1_dalmia-cement-pumps-crore | title=Dalmia Cement pumps in Rs 2,000 crore for North East business | publisher=Economic Times | date=17 January 2015 | access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Le Corbusier]]<br />
* [[Pierre Jeanneret]]<br />
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