Architect Uttam Chand Jain was born in 1934 in Melwara, Rajasthan.

 He completed his

schooling at Jodhpur Rajasthan. He graduated in architecture with I class honors in 1958 at Indian
institute of technology, Kharagpur where he was a merit scholar throughout. Soon after receiving
advance study scholarship from national university of Tucumen, Argentina proceeded to Latin
America where for two years he studied and gained experience. Architect Uttam Chand Jain
established his own architecture practice in 1961. He handled institutional buildings, commercial
complexes, recreational facilities, tourists projects, luxury hotels, theaters, housing, private
residences, and university campus layout. Taught at various architectural colleges and been examiner
at university of Bombay, Punjab university, Chandigarh, Baroda university; Ahmadabad school of
architecture and school of planning and architecture, New Delhi. He served on jury of national
competitions in architecture on many occasions.
Education
 1958 Graduated in Architecture (B.Arch.) with 1st Class Honors on a scholarship from I.I.T
Kharagpur, West Bengal
 1958-59Advanced study scholarship from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina
Professional Practice
1961 to date : In private practice
Philosophy
His buildings reflect the heritage of that particular place
 He is not much bothered about the trends and always try to conceive the building in his own
style .
 The various projects he has undertaken since then reflect the consistent contextually inherit in
his design philosophy.
Achievements
 First achievement was in 1969 common wealth institute of architects, London awarded prize
in India essay competitions.
 In 1973 he won first prize in all India architectural competition sponsored by government of
Goa for memorial design.
 He was listed as one of the three Indian architects among 200 contemporary worlds architects
by Japan architects , Tokyo in 1977
 In 1978 Washington university USA invited him to speak at their Tuesday lecture series on
“a contemporary architecture of the past”.

IDEOLOGY -
There are 3 P’s of architecture - The personality of an architect, the product & the place. These have
to be in synergy.

Uttam jain’s creation stands out for it’s clean structure, form & colour.
Contemporary architect
Main interest in public buildings

PHILOSOPHY -
Believed that architecture begins after you put four walls & the roof - this is what he called “Non-
manifest part”
The immediate surrounding is the source of construction materials - stone, straw, reed, wood or mud
is the indigenous materials for constructing an enclosure.
The relationship between human being & the building being established, what develops & grows
around becomes a measure for man & his society.
There is a place for everything & everything has it’s place.
Spatial configuration is his design is an attempt to invoke a spirit that will establish a symbolic bond
between the present & the past.

FORM -
Realization of shelter form & its content are in response to a given place, climate & time.
Context is important.

AESTHETICS -
It is the aesthetics of openness contrasted with enclosures that highlights the different features from
the rest of the facade.
Facades communicate through solids & voids.

In operational realities, if an attempt is made to highlight the ideological postures leading to the
directions of value as accepted design-decisions resulting into tangible architectural ambient, the
efforts are also directed towards creating a preference in the public mind for consumption of good
design in their day to day living.

The various projects he has undertaken since then reflect the consistent contextuality inherent in his
design philosophy, a preference for local materials & craftsmanship as well as willingness to
experiment with the language of built form without compromising the prevailing ambience.

Uttam jain has a keen interest in education, & is on the visiting faculty of various schools of
architecture.