B. V. Doshi
Indian architect, educator, and pioneer of modernist and brutalist design.
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The Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Doshi in 2018, making him the first person from India to receive that honor.[1]
Key facts and history
His noteworthy designs include IIM Bangalore, NIFT Delhi, and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development in Indore.[2] The Aranya Low Cost Housing development received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.[2] Born in Pune into a Gujarati Vaishnav Hindu family, Doshi was just ten months old when his mother passed away.[3] From 1947 to 1950, Doshi was a student at Mumbai's Sir J. J. School of Art.[3]
In 1955, Doshi and Kamala Parikh were married.[4] Doshi served as the first founding director of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, a role he held from 1962 until 1972.[5] At age 95, Doshi passed away on 24 January 2023 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[6]
What the cited sources add
An Architectural Digest article notes that Doshi's grandfather ran a furniture workshop, and Doshi grew up surrounded by the smell of wood shavings and lacquer.[7] Doshi co-founded Mansar with Radhika Doshi in 1987.[8] Doshi's architectural works were heavily influenced by his gurus Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, and Anant Raje.[5] The year 1955 marks the founding of Doshi's office, Vastu-Shilpa.[8]
In Mani Ratnam's film O Kadhal Kanmani, Doshi made a cameo appearance playing himself.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "B. V. Doshi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pogrebin, "Top Architecture Prize Goes to Low-Cost Housing Pioneer From India", The New York Times, 7 March 2018; Rajghatta, "B V Doshi 1st Indian to win 'Nobel' for architecture", The Times of India, 8 March 2018; padmaawards.gov.in, 29 February 2020; "Royal Gold Medal 2022 recipient: Balkrishna Doshi" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "B. V. Doshi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Balkrishna Doshi Named 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate", ArchDaily, 7 March 2018; "History and Revival"; Sukanya, "Great library to recreate Nalanda romance - Chief designer Balkrishna Doshi discloses master plan details of self-sufficient varsity", The Telegraph India, 17 May 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "B. V. Doshi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Utpal Sharma, "In Conversation: B.V. Doshi", Sahapedia, 2018; "Balkrishna Doshi. Timeline of his life & works"; "Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi", 2001; Shah, "9 amazing facts you absolutely wouldn't have guessed about BV Doshi", Architectural Digest, 26 August 2017; "Every object around us is in symphony", BBC, 8 March 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "B. V. Doshi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Contemporary Architects", St. James Press, 1987, p. 234–237; "Tejal Design Studio", www.baroda.com; "VSC Vāstu Shilpā Consultants – Team", Indian-Architects; "Maneesha Doshi", Saffronart (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "About BV Doshi", www.archerindia.com, 25 January 2023. facts only, no text reused. archerindia.com
- Wikipedia, "B. V. Doshi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Celebrated architect Balkrishna Doshi passes away at 95", The New Indian Express, 24 January 2023; Bernstein, "Balkrishna Doshi, Modernist Indian Architect, Is Dead at 95", The New York Times, 24 January 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Shah, "9 amazing facts you absolutely wouldn't have guessed about BV Doshi", Architectural Digest, 26 August 2017. facts only, no text reused. architecturaldigest.in
- "VSC Vāstu Shilpā Consultants – Team", Indian-Architects. facts only, no text reused. indian-architects.com
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