Anangpur Buliding Centre

About Us

Fifteen years ago Mr. Anil Laul started a private entrepreneur Building Centre at Anangpur village in Haryana in 1991. The Anangpur Building was started to cater to the needs of the common man as well as promote the use of cost-effective technology in the higher income sector. This was based on the realization that the pace of development is set by the rich and that the aspirations of the poor match the standards laid down by the rich. Having designed and built several demonstration projects in the slum areas of Delhi under the Nizamuddin Building Center this outfit is all set to take Appropriate and cost effective Technologies into the high profiled and high income sector, because this is where the acid test will lie. With several projects nearing completion and quite a few more in the pipeline there is optimism that these technologies may find increasing application which will help deliver humane architecture, at an affordable price. Application of these technologies in the High Income group will help classify these in designer category of homes. Hopefully a re-rationalisation of building practices will take place. At this center there is on going development in planning methodologies that provide for sustainable development. Cluster planning as advocated, has today found acceptance in the Urbanisation Commission recommendations, and their successful implementation can be seen in several slum clearance projects as also in the high income groups. Structural systems such as Geodesics, Octageodules, Space frames and A Frames that were the prerogative of the advanced countries are being designed and fabricated at this center. The geodesic domes which were originally invented by Buckminister Fuller had extremely complex jointing systems and are in vogue as designer homes in the west. The extreme simplification of the jointing system to accommodate the varying angles, has made it possible to build these at a minimal cost using a variety of cladding options. Fact has it that this center has built more domes than the man who invented the system. A wide variety of cladding options for these structures are used for their demonstration value and correctness of application so that any one opting to use these has a fairly accurate idea of the end product. An interesting variation of Geodesics for Grain Storage Silos that are more cost effective than the conventional Silos can be seen here. It is all very well to advocate minimal use of timber but then one must provide for a solution too. This is where the center has filled the gap by designing and fabricating Designer steel furniture. There is no quarrel with others copying these designs as the range being continuously designed is enough to see them through the next few years with new inputs on a weekly or fort- nightly basis.