Balkrishna

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Balkrishna is an Indian architect renowned for his pioneering modernist designs and as the country’s first Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.

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instanceOf Indian architect
architect
educator
urban planner
awardReceived Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Royal Gold Medal
basedIn Ahmedabad
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1927-08-26
dateOfDeath 2023-01-24
designed Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore
CEPT University campus, Ahmedabad
Hussain-Doshi Gufa (Amdavad ni Gufa)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore campus
Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad
LIC Housing, Ahmedabad
Premabhai Hall, Ahmedabad
Tagore Memorial Hall, Ahmedabad
educatedAt Sir J. J. School of Art
familyName Doshi
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
founded School of Architecture, Ahmedabad
Vastu-Shilpa
Vastu-Shilpa Consultants
fullName Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
linked to: Balkrishna Doshi
gender male
givenName Balkrishna
knownFor climate-responsive design
integrating modernist principles with Indian traditions
low-cost housing projects
languageOfWorkOrName English
Gujarati
Hindi
movement modernist architecture
nationality Indian
notableAchievement first Indian laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
notableFor pioneering modernist designs in India
socially responsive architecture
placeOfBirth Pune
placeOfDeath Ahmedabad
positionHeld director of School of Architecture, Ahmedabad
PritzkerPrizeYear 2018
taughtAt CEPT University
workedWith Le Corbusier
Louis Kahn

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