ARUP DATTA ARCHITECT LTD. – Calgary, Alberta Successful practice integrates careful client-focused conceptual designs into local and international projects Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature Arup Datta, founding principal of Calgary-based ARUP DATTA ARCHITECT LTD. (ADAL), has more than 40 years’ experience providing architectural, master planning, urban design and interior design services. Internationally known, Datta has received many awards for his work and has been involved with notable projects around the globe. Prior to founding ADAL in 1988, Datta worked with sev- eral other firms across Canada, developing diverse experi- ence in high quality projects and working with top developers for small to large commercial and residential fields. Before moving to Calgary, Datta worked in St. John, NB. In Alberta as a project/design architect, he worked on 40 – April-May 2015 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report two twin tower projects, Western Canadian Place and The Bankers Hall and was the senior project architect on the Mall of America project and phases three and four of West Edmonton Mall, two of the largest malls in the world. His diverse experience has been complimented by proj- ect management experience, which allows him unique per- spective and in the end, an opportunity to deliver high quality projects on time and on budget and to his clients’ unique specifications. Datta founded ADAL based on the business model for a small to medium-sized firm. Despite the company’s suc- cess he has stuck with that vision as a way to maintain control and the high quality he says he has become known for. “We have a core group of key staff and have never grown beyond about 15. This way we ensure the