Neelam Manjunath is an architect, planner, scientist, activist & theoretician with degrees both in Science and Architecture from REI Degree College Dayalbagh, and Government College of Architecture Lucknow respectively. Neelam Manjunath established her firm in 1991 at Bangalore and had been advocating the usage of sustainable materials and technologies since.
Her conviction for using Bamboo as a sustainable material is seen in all her projects. The material’s qualities and features are exploited to its adaptation on several residential and institutional buildings across the country and abroad. Her commendable works have earned her several national and international awards including IIA Dharamastha Manjunatheshwara Award, World Architecture community award, Aga Khan Award for architecture nominee, Arcasia gold medal for a sustainable project, amongst others. She has done Media Architecture and charrette training from Harvard design school and a PG diploma in Theology from Dayalbagh University.
Her strive and passion for Bamboo to bringing it into the mainstream with so many followers will bring a revolution on Sustainable Architecture development.