Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio, announces that Deep Chaniara AIA, NCARB, NOMA, an associate at the firm, has been recognized as an AIA Connecticut’s 2024 Emerging Professional Excellence awardee.
The AIA CT Emerging Professional award recognizes and supports emerging architects who have made outstanding, innovative contributions to the profession, and have rendered exemplary service in the public realm.
“As a highly respected member of our studio, Deep has worn many hats, including co-founding of our mentorship program and coordinating of our AXP/Licensure efforts, in addition to supporting recruitment,” said Pickard Chilton Principal Jon Pickard FAIA, who nominated Chaniara for the award. “Deep is a dynamic and caring presence within our studio, our profession, and our community. We are proud that he has been recognized by AIA Connecticut for his activism and thoughtful leadership.”
Chaniara joined Pickard Chilton in 2019 as an architectural designer and was promoted to Associate in 2022. He has made meaningful contributions to many of the studio’s projects including CoStar’s 750,000 GSF corporate campus in Richmond, Virginia; the Le Coeur redevelopment in Düsseldorf, Germany, and 600 5th Street NW in Washington, DC. He is currently a project architect for two confidential large scale mixed-use developments. Chaniara infuses his work with passion, intellect, a keen focus on sustainability, and user experience.
As a member of Pickard Chilton’s JEDI Committee, the NOMAct Board of Directors, and NCARB, he is diligent in his efforts to support meaningful growth and development across the profession.
An active NOMA member since 2018, Chaniara was an inaugural NOMAct Board Member, past Membership Chair, and is currently a Director-at-Large. He has twice served as a juror for NOMA National’s Phil Freelon Professional Design Awards and has contributed articles to NOMAct’s Intersections magazine. He is currently an NCARB Licensing Advisor for the State of Connecticut and a participant in the 2024 Connecticut Professionals’ Leadership Academy.
Chaniara holds a Master of Architecture from Iowa State University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology in India. He is a registered architect in India and Connecticut.
Past Pickard Chilton Emerging Professional awardees include Andrew Barnett Assoc. AIA, LEED GA (2022), Andrew Gorzkowski AIA (2019), and Adrienne Nelson AIA (2016).
Pickard Chilton is the design architect for more than 64 million GSF (5.9 million m2) of mixed-use, multi-family, life science and office developments across the U.S. and around the world, including work for Hines, Boston Properties, and Skanska. The studio is noted for its placemaking which extends beyond the enclosure to connect and energize communities with exciting, sustainable, next-generation design.
