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B. V. Doshi
Born (1927-08-26) 26 August 1927 (age 97)
Pune
NationalityIndian
Alma materJ. J. School of Architecture, Mumbai
OccupationArchitect
AwardsIndia Padma Shri
France Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
PracticeVastu Shilpa Consultants
BuildingsIIM-Bangalore

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (born 26 August 1927) is an Indian architect,[1] who is considered an important figure of South Asian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India.[2] He is known for his contributions to the architecture of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Early life

B. V. Doshi was born in Pune, India.[3] He studied at the J. J. School of Architecture, Mumbai.

Career

Academic Block of IIM-Bangalore
Library Block of IIM-Bangalore
Husain-Doshi Gufa, Ahmedabad

After having worked for four years between 1951-54 with Le Corbusier in Paris, B. V. Doshi returned to Ahmedabad to supervise Le Corbusier's projects. His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. He then started the School of Architecture (S.A) in 1962.

Doshi is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and has been on the selection committee for the Pritzker Prize, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He is also a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects.

Apart from his international fame as an architect, Dr. Doshi is equally known as an educator and institution builder. He has been the first founder Director of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1962–72), first founder Director of the School of Planning (1972–79), first founder Dean of the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (1972–81), founder member of the Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad and first founder Director of the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. Dr. Doshi has been instrumental in establishing the nationally and internationally known research institute Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design. The institute has done pioneering work in low cost housing and city planning.

As an academician, Dr. Doshi has been visiting the USA and Europe since 1958 and has held important chairs in American Universities.

Awards

In recognition of his distinguished contribution as a professional and as an academician, Dr. Doshi has received several international and national awards and honours.

In 2008, 100 hands director Prjmit Ramachandran released a documentary interviewing Doshi.

See also

References

  1. ^ Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi. ArchNet 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ^ Ashish Nangia: "Post Colonial India and its Architecture - II", in Boloji, 12-02-2006
  3. ^ Japan Architect, nr.05, 2001
  4. ^ B V Doshi conferred France's highest honour for arts - Times Of India
  5. ^ http://www.nift.ac.in

Further reading

  • Curtis, William J. R., Balikrishna Doshi: An Architecture for India, Rizzoli, New York 1988, ISBN 0-8478-0937-4
  • James Steel, The Complete Architecture of Balikrishna Doshi, Rethinking Modernism for the Developing World, Thames and Hudson, London 1998, ISBN 0-500-28082-7
  • Bruno Melotto ed., Balkrishna Doshi. Sangath. Indian architecture between tradition and modernity, Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2012, ISBN 8838761264
  • Bruno Melotto ed., Balkrishna Doshi. The Masters in India. Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn and the Indian Context, Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2014, ISBN 978-88-387-6295-6
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