PLP beats 20 practices to win Indian university competition

Krea University in India - site concept diagram by PLP

First phase to be completed next year, says Polisano

PLP has won an invited competition to design a purpose-built campus for a new university in south-east India.

The architect beat 20 other practices to the job for Krea University in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh, 55km north of Chennai.

Higher education is a new sector for PLP, which is already working on a small scale in India advising firms on sustainable building strategies.

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