London architects to design Amaravati towers

London-based architects Norman Foster and Partners is back into action in the Andhra Pradesh capital of Amaravati by bagging the contract for designing the new government complex, which forms the central focus of the 217-sqkm capital city, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. London architects to design Amaravati towers The AP Capital Region Development Authority approved the tenders at its meeting chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday. Now, that the present Naidu government decided to revive the capital city project, it has initiated the re-tendering process and Foster + Partners took part in the bidding and emerged as the lowest bidder to grab the contract, Narayana said, adding that the orders for the final designs will be issued soon, paving the way for construction to commence in the capital region. The minister said the release of ₹15,000 crore loan approved by the World Bank along with Asian Development Bank for the Amaravati capital city project will commence soon. The APCRDA meeting also discussed the modalities of obtaining loans from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation, a central government undertaking, along with German-based KfW Development Bank for the capital city project.