Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta (www.apurvabose.com) is an author, award-winning architectural journalist, curator, and editor, based in Bengaluru. Her professional journey of sixteen years has seen global collaborations with multimedia publication houses, firms, organisations, and educational institutions affiliated with architecture, design, and building in India,  the UK, the US, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Singapore, Karachi, and Canada.   Apurva explores her academic background (B.Arch, India; Diploma in freelance journalism, UK)  in diverse roles—conducting and curating/writing architecture-design content and discourses for various communication channels, professional speaking, conducting workshops and masterclasses and consulting for academic and professional industry initiatives.

Apurva has been recognised for her pioneering work in architecture design writing and focussing on increasing the subject’s visibility in India. Her recent ongoing initiatives include a six-week certified online course on architectural writing curated and mentored by her that has already witnessed 300+ students and professionals trained globally.   She has been invited by the Australian and Finland Governments to represent the Indian delegation in International Media Visits of Architectural Writers in Melbourne (2016) and Helsinki (2018). 

 An Advisory Board Member of the official journal of ARCASIA, an international organisation of 21 member countries, Apurva is also a member of the committee overseeing the media endeavours of the Council of Architecture of India. She is the author of ARCHITECTURAL VOICES OF INDIA: A Blend of Contemporary and Traditional Ethos (2017, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK). Apurva has been widely published and has won four awards for her contribution to architecture and architectural design writing.