Madhav Raman

Architect, Urbanist, Writer
Cofounder Anagram Architects

W:www.anagramarchitects.com

Madhav is an architect and urbanist. He co-founded an architectural practice in partnership with Vaibhav Dimri after they graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture Delhi in 2001. Formally established in 2004, Anagram Architects is internationally recognised as amongst the top emerging practices in the world with a commitment towards delivering deeply contextual designs that encourage sustainable lifestyles. 

Madhav has presented talks at many prestigious forums including the Preston Thomas Memorial Lecture Series at Cornell University, Ithaca, the Spring Lecture Series at RIBA, London, the Planning Commission's mid-term appraisal of the 11th Five Year Plan and the Urban Mobility India 2010. He has also conducted lectures and workshops on architecture, urbanism, sustainability, non- motorised transit (NMT), Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and information & communication technology (ICT) at the Charles Correa Foundation (Panjim), Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), Sushant School of Art & Architecture (Gurgaon), Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (Mumbai), Centre for Environmental Planning Technology (Ahmedabad), School of Environment and Architecture (Mumbai) and Institute of Urban Transport (Delhi). He moderates the annual Design X Design roundtable in Delhi which aims at building discourse around Indian design across disciplines. 

He writes regularly for the Architectural Digest and the Times of India in addition to being published in the “Bahaus” magazine, Architektur Fachmagazin, Designboom and Archdaily.