Apollo Ispat Super Speciality Hospital, Rourkela

About us

Public Architecture since 1984

A multi-disciplinary practice of Architects, Engineers and Planners, founded in 1984 by Ar. Ashok Kumar.

Apollo Ispat Super Speciality Hospital, Rourkela

The practice

Who we are

ARCH-EN DESIGN provides Architecture, Engineering, Master Planning, Landscape, Interiors and Project Management under one roof, from the first feasibility study to the day a building opens. Most of our work is for central and state Governments, public-sector companies and institutions of national importance, and much of it comes from clients who return.

Our work spans some of the most demanding public commissions in the country: tertiary Hospitals for the armed forces and for state Governments, Campuses for IITs, NITs and Central Universities, Court Complexes and District Jails, and master plans for townships and the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. Healthcare is our deepest specialism, from District Hospitals to Medical Colleges and super-speciality institutes.

We aim to make the world a better place through what we design and through the relationships we build with our colleagues, clients and partners.

1984
In practice since
Cat. I
CPWD Architect consultant
21
States, and 2 union territories
300+
Architects, Engineers & staff
6
Offices across India
42,000+
₹ crore of combined project value

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Milestones

Since 1984

  1. 1984Ar. Ashok Kumar founds ARCH-EN DESIGN after graduating with a gold medal from IIT Roorkee.
  2. 1995Kisan Mandi Bhawan, Lucknow, completed for the UP Mandi Parishad.
  3. 2001Campus Planning begins at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.
  4. 2002New Moradabad Township master plan won in an international competition.
  5. 2007High Court of Chhattisgarh and its residential complex completed at Bilaspur.
  6. 2011Disaster Management Training Institute for the CRPF completed at Latur.
  7. 2014National Award for the barrier-free Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University.
  8. 2016National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi: international competition won with VernerJohnson, and a Rethinking The Future First Award.
  9. 2017Uttar Pradesh State Energy Conservation Award, Architect sector.
  10. 2019Rehabilitation University Campus completed in Lucknow.
  11. 2020Empanelled by CPWD as Architect Consultant, Category I, for projects up to ₹1,200 crore.
  12. 2021Apollo Ispat Super Speciality Hospital, Rourkela, dedicated to the nation; it wins a Rethinking The Future First Award.
  13. 2023Government Medical College, Banda, and Telhara Museum completed; GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award for the Income Tax Office, Bhopal.
  14. 2024GRIHA Exemplary Performance Awards for the Income Tax Office, Bhopal, and GMC Dhemaji; Architect’s WOW Award for urban planning and townships; Masterstroke Award to Ar. Ashok Kumar.
  15. 2025850-bed Command Hospital, Udhampur, handed over to the Military Engineer Services.
  16. 2026Design work under way for IIT Madras, Tribhuvan Sahkari University and the Bharat Petroleum Learning Centre.

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Leadership

The people who lead our work

Ar. Ashok Kumar

Ar. Ashok Kumar

Founder & President

As founder and President, Ashok Kumar sets the direction of the practice. His conviction is that the most sustainable building is the one that needs the least to run: orientation, shade, thermal mass and water are settled in the first sketch, long before any rating is sought. That thinking runs through four decades of work, from the brick residences of the IIT Kanpur Campus to the GRIHA 5-star Income Tax Office in Bhopal, recognised with GRIHA Exemplary Performance Awards three years running.

He founded ARCH-EN DESIGN in 1984, a year after graduating from IIT Roorkee with two gold medals, for the best overall performance and the best thesis. Under his leadership the practice has designed more than 30 Medical Colleges and some of India's largest public Hospitals, among them the 2,200-bed King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam and the 850-bed Command Hospital at Udhampur. He serves on the Syndicate of IIT Roorkee, appointed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, and received the Masterstroke Award in 2024.

Selected work

Qualifications

  • B.Arch (Gold Medal), IIT Roorkee, 1983
  • FIIA · FIID · FIV
  • Member, Syndicate, IIT Roorkee
  • Masterstroke Award, 2024
  • Registered with the Council of Architecture
Ar. Annkit Kummar

Ar. Annkit Kummar

Vice President, Design & Planning

Annkit Kummar leads design and Planning across the practice. For him, a project's whole argument should be legible in its Master Plan: each scheme grows from one conceptual idea drawn out of its site, and is resolved through rigorous space planning, so that movement, gathering and daylight are designed before form. The result answers to its place rather than to a style: a terracotta jaali that draws light across the classrooms at IIT Madras, a training Campus set beneath the existing tree canopy at Rasayani, a hexagonal canopy that tells the story of the National Museum of Natural History.

He studied Architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and completed his Master's at the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London. He led the competition-winning design for the National Museum of Natural History, with VernerJohnson, and the design of the Apollo Ispat Super Speciality Hospital in Rourkela; both won First Awards at the Rethinking The Future Awards.

Qualifications

  • M.Arch, AA Design Research Lab, Architectural Association, London
  • B.Arch, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Ar. Sakshi Mathur

Ar. Sakshi Mathur

Vice President, Design & Planning

Sakshi Mathur leads design and Planning on institutional and public projects, and brings to them the instincts of hospitality. State guest houses and hotels are her forte: buildings judged on the moment of arrival, the comfort of a room and the character of a place. She plans interiors together with the Architecture rather than after it, from the arches and jharokhas of Maharashtra Bhawan in Ayodhya to the new Rajasthan House on Prithviraj Road, New Delhi.

She joined ARCH-EN DESIGN in 2015 after working with Gian P. Mathur & Associates in New Delhi, and completed her Master's at the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London. She co-led the design of the Apollo Ispat Super Speciality Hospital, winner of a Rethinking The Future First Award in 2021, and shared the Healthcare (Interiors) award at the Smart Design Conclave in 2024.

Qualifications

  • M.Arch, AA Design Research Lab, Architectural Association, London
  • At ARCH-EN DESIGN since 2015; earlier at Gian P. Mathur & Associates, New Delhi

Key personnel

The team on our projects

  • Atul SinghalProject In-charge
  • Sujeet VishwakarmaProject In-charge
  • Vinati ManiProject In-charge
  • Santosh TripathiProject In-charge
  • Asim AliProject In-charge
  • Faizan AhmedSenior Architect
  • Bhanu Pratap SinghSenior Architect
  • Anil Kumar MauryaArchitect
  • Nadeem KhanPMC Head
  • Rajneesh SinghBihar PMC Head
  • Alok KumarBihar PMC Coordinator
  • Niranjan PoddarMEPF Head
  • Aftab AlamSenior Estimator
  • Devendra SinghSenior Estimator

With many other Architects, Engineers, estimators and site teams across our offices.

Our approach

How we work

Every project starts with the brief, the site and the budget, and with the people who will use the building. We plan movement and phasing first, then design buildings that suit the climate and can be built and maintained within public budgets.

Architecture, structure, services, Medical Planning and Landscape are designed together by our own teams, so drawings are coordinated before they reach site. Our Project Management and supervision teams then carry the design through construction.

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Careers

We hire Architects, Engineers and Planners for our studios and project sites. Send your CV to hr@aed.co.in.

Roles and how to apply

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