| Akbar Bhawan | |
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_Ummu_06_00680_full_3669_2416_0_default.jpg) Akbar Bhawan when it was the Akbar Hotel | |
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| Hotel chain | India Tourism Development Corporation until 1986 |
| General information | |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Address | Satya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021 |
| Coordinates | 28°35′07″N 77°11′25″E / 28.58528°N 77.19028°E |
| Opening | 27 January 1972 |
| Owner | New Delhi Municipal Council |
| Management | South Asian University, Ministry of External Affairs |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Shiv Nath Prasad |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 318 |
Akbar Bhawan, formerly the Akbar Hotel, is a building in the Chanakyapuri locality of New Delhi, India which houses the South Asian University and offices of the Government of India's Ministry of External Affairs. Designed by Shiv Nath Prasad in collaboration with Mahendra Raj, it is one of Delhi's best known examples of brutalist architecture and bears semblance to the Unité d'habitation in Marseille, France. Inaugurated in 1972, it was a hotel of the India Tourism Development Corporation before its conversion into an office complex in 1986. The Akbar Hotel was noted for its use of innovative decor that blended contemporary designs with traditional Indian art and handicrafts.