Meet Tanvangi Asthana, Founder and Design Head at OKA Architects.
She is an experienced architect with a mission-driven career spanning over 10 years across the globe. She has pursued Masters in Advanced Architecture from from the esteemed Institute of Advanced Architecture, Barcelona, Spain. Her experience involves working on various multi disciplinary projects ranging from residential to master planning with exposure to both Indian and international projects in typologies like IT/Commercial, Mixed Use, Retail, Residential and Master planning.
She has collaborated with some of the world’s most renowned companies such as HKS Architects, WATG and ZGF to work on large scale commercial and residential projects across USA.
Embarking on a new chapter, she has established her own architecture and interior design firm named OKA, continuing her commitment to excellence in the field.
Work experience
Past roles
Nov 2023 - Present
OKA Architects
Bangalore | Lucknow
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RK REAL ESTATE, OMAXE METRO CITY, LUCKNOW | Commercial project | 4200 Sqft | Single floor | Stage : Concept Design
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RESI - 31, OMAXE CITY, LUCKNOW | Interior project | 1050 Sqft | Single floor | Stage : Built
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RESI - 375, OMAXE CITY, LUCKNOW | Interior project | 5230 Sqft | Three floors | Stage : In progress
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RESI - 282, CENTURY BREEZE, BANGALORE | Interior project | 1850 Sqft | Single floor | Stage : In progress
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NAGARA TEMPLE, LUCKNOW | Architecture | 15000 Sqft | Single floor | Stage : Concept
Nov 2022 - Nov 2023
Better Build Architects, New Delhi
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ARDEN PENTHOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO | Residential project | 1800 Sqft | Single floor| Stage : Completed
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NATUROPATHY CENTER. BY RAAHI FOUNDATION, MANESAR | Hospitality project | 53,240 Sqft | Stage : Concept design
January 2022 - Nov 2022
FivD, Gurgaon
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PINNACLE RESIDENCES, HENDERSON, NEVADA | Luxury Residential | 1,145,160 SQFT | Stage : DD | FivD + WATG
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ASSEMBLY, DALLAS | Commercial/Mixed Use Building | 1,017,937 SF | Stage : City Permit | FivD + HKS
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CAPSTONE AC12, AUSTIN | Daycare Building | 35000 SF | Stage : DD | FivD + HKS + ZGF
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CAPSTONE M4, AUSTIN | Utility Building | 15,500 SF | Stage : CD | FivD + HKS + ZGF
November 2019 - Dec 2021
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LIFE HUB, HYDERABAD | Mixed Use | 46 acres | 8 Towers | 8B+LG+UG+34 | Stage : Under Construction
DP Architects, Bangalore
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ONE PARAMOUNT 2, CHENNAI | IT/Commercial | 16.4 acres | 3B+G+9 | Stage : Sanction
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NEXITY, HYDERABAD | IT/Commercial | 10.1 acres | 5B+B+19 | Stage : Under construction
May 2015 - July 2018
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DUBAI INDIGO | Master plan | 532 acres - An international level competition by AMEA | 3rd Position
Morphogenesis, New Delhi
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BAXI, NOIDA | Office Building | 5850 Sq.m | G+14 | Stage: Completed
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WIPRO, HYDERABAD | Office Building | 13.2 acres | Stage: On site
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DESAI RESIDENCE | 4000 Sq.m | G+1 | Stage: On site
Jun 2014 - Apr 2015
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Designed and executed three small scale residential projects along with a refurbishment of a mixed use complex building
Freelance Architect
Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
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TRANS GANGA MASTER PLAN | 1156 Acres | Stage : On site
Studio Symbiosis, Noida
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DOUBLETREE BY HILTON, AHMEDABAD | 6860 sq.m | G+16 | Stage : Under Construction
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KANPUR RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT | 457 Acres | German Award Design Winner | Under construction
Educational history
2018 - 2019
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA, BARCELONA
Post Graduate
Masters in Advanced Architecture
Honors
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Metabolic beaches studio
Selected to be exhibited at Mies van der rohe pavilion. -
Advanced robotics fabrication
Project exhibited at ‘Barcelona Building Construmat 2019 Fair’ , Barcelona. -
Self sufficient buildings studio
Project selected to be presented at ‘Materializing future cities’ exhibition.
Under Graduate
INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
2009 - 2014
Bachelors in Architecture
Honors
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Final year thesis (Athenaeum-Public Library) : Nominated to be exhibited at NIASA (National Institute of advanced studies in architecture) - Awards for excellence in Architectural thesis in 2014
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Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2015 with All India Rank 255 and 93.8 percentile in 2015
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Bangalore - 2281/B, First Floor
14th A Main Road, Next to Shivshakti Clinic, Indiranagar, Bangalore, 560008
Lucknow - A-31, Omaxe city, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226025
+91-7054560738