Press Releases

November 2001

Source : Society - Interiors: November 2001

Creating a Difference

Oscar Concessao International, a Chennai-based architectural consultancy firm has carved a niche for itself with its fresh and innovative work-approach.

In a short span of their presence in India, Oscar Concessao International (OCI), a leading integrated architecture and - Interior design consultancy concern in Chennai, have made a perceptible impact on the architectural scene across the nation. The husband-wife team of Oscar and Ponni G Concessao works wonders together, with Oscar handling the architectural aspect of a project and Ponni the - Interiors.

After acquiring their degree from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, they headed for US to complete their masters. Oscar is the only Indian to have won the William Van Allen Fellowship at the International Design Competition (USA) for designing a University in Africa. Specializing in campus planning, he joined Emery Roth & Sons, pioneers in skyscraper designing, and then went on to handle several high-rise buildings in New York. He also worked on the Plaza edition at the World Trade Centre - a glass tube, which now ceases to exist due to the recent bombing.

"Emery Roth & Sons and Monoru Yamasaki from Japan, had jointly designed the World Trade Centre and I worked with them on several large-scale mixed-use developments in the US, Europe and Asia," he recounts.

" I flirt with difference styles of architecture. Growing up in Mangalore, I was influenced by the tiled Spanish and Portuguese buildings in the area. I prefer neo-classical designs and work with a fusion of western classical and the modern high-tech, which includes the new materials available in the market.