SUDHIR S. JAMBHEKAR, FAIA, RIBA, LEED

Senior Partner

Sudhir Jambhekar joined FXFOWLE in 2000 when the firm he co-founded, Jambhekar Strauss, merged with FXFOWLE. He is an architect and urban designer with nearly 40 years of experience on a wide variety of project types and scales. Sudhir’s passion for design, art, and intellectual exchange with the next generation contributes a valued diversity to the design dialogue at FXFOWLE.

Sudhir is the Design Partner in the firm's International Studio. His team won the prestigious design competition for Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing Bridge in Dubai, which will measure 1.7 kilometers with an arch measuring 205 meters high and 667 meters long. Once completed, the bridge will be the largest and tallest spanning arch bridge in the world. Sudhir is also overseeing the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) project, a community that will house professionals working within the financial sector and related industries. The 1.6 million square meter site will have over 3 million square meters of floor space. There are six parcels within the site that will contain offices, hotels, conference center, shops, and recreational facilities in different typologies and densities to appeal to different people and to meet a broad range of demands.

His major projects include a 40-hectare masterplan of Dubai's Business Bay for Dubai Properties; a winning competition for an 301-meter-tall mixed-use tower in Mumbai; multiple residential and office towers in India, the Middle East, China, and Korea; and middle income housing outside of Delhi at IT Park. Additional current projects include mixed-use towers in Sophia, Bulgaria, and Moscow; and a 500-acre master planning project on the Dubai Waterfront for Nakheel.

Sudhir received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Bombay and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University.