Bv doshi

balkrishna doshi: remembering the indian visionary Over the past seven decades, Balkrishna Doshi was born in 1927 in Pune, India. Growing up, he was close to following in his family’s footsteps as furniture makers, but his interest in architecture eventually alchemized into a passion. In 1947, he graduated from the JJ School of Architecture in Bombay and worked withLe Corbusierfor four years as a senior designer in Paris (1951-54) and four more years in India to supervise projects in Ahmedabad. He then worked withLouis Kahnas an associate to build the Indian Institute of Management in that very same city, and they continued to collaborate for over a decade. Doshi eventually established his own practice,Vastu-Shilpa, in 1956, alongside two architects. Now known as Vastushilpa Consultants, the multi-disciplinary practice has evolved to five partners spanning three generations and sixty employees, with a portfolio of over 100 built projects — each having influenced the architectural landscape of India and its adjacent regions. Doshi ultimately settled with his wife Kamala in Ahmedabad, building their house in 1963 and later on his studio, Sangath, in 1981. Balkrishna Doshi in his Sangath studio, 2018 | image © delving into the architect’s seven-decade long career Beyond this early Western influence, Balkrishna Doshi developed a design philosophy that merges industrialism and primitivism, as well as modern architecture and traditional form. His practice integrates environmental...

​( m.1955) ​ Children 3 Awards Practice Vastu Shilpa Consultants Buildings Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi બાલકૃષ્ણ વિઠ્ઠલદાસ દોશી; 26 August 1927–24 January 2023) was an Indian architect. His noteworthy designs include In 2018, he became the first Indian architect to receive the Early life [ ] Doshi was born to a Career [ ] Early projects [ ] In 1950, he went to Europe. He worked closely with [ citation needed] His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with [ citation needed] Bimanagar [ ] Bimanagar Housing Society, located at Ahmedabad is one of the well-known project by Shri B.V Doshi. He once said, "One of my most favourite housing projects is the one I designed for Life Insurance Corporation, at Ahmedabad. Here I knew that the houses would be occupied by several generations of the same family, that they would identify with it, that there will be a strong sense of belonging and that their needs will change, and they may modify parts of it.” Teaching [ ] Apart from his international fame as an architect, Doshi is equally known for having been an educator and institution builder. He was the founding director of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1962–72), founding director of the School of Planning (1972–79), founding dean of the [ citation needed] Doshi was instrumental in establishing the nationally- and internationally-known research institute Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design. ...

Architect, urban planner and historian Suha Özkan first heard of BV Doshi in the late 1960s, when he was a student of architecture. But it was 20-odd years later, when Doshi was serving as a member of the jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, that Özkan finally got to know what lies at the heart of his work. This note takes the form of Aranya Low Cost Housing. In the year 1962, when I was enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture, at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad was founded by The Institute of Indology was designed by BV Doshi in 1962 to house ancient manuscripts, a research centre and eventually, a museum in Ahmedabad A very moving and symbolic aspect of CEPT is the absence of doors. In an interview for the City Lab webzine, Doshi says: “Yes, you can walk in—animals, dogs, everything; everything goes inside. And I think, what is wrong [with that]? We are in a world that is so generous and good. Holistic. Our philosophy is holistic. For us, life is in everything. So why not really continue it? Why create doors? Or why create restrictions? So I always wrote, in the [CEPT] campus, my whole idea was that an educational campus should be without doors. No boundaries. And that philosophy I continue.” As the success of CEPT spread worldwide— under the nickname of the “Ahmedabad School”—the building itself, designed by Doshi, was adding to his fame. The organization of free spaces and exposed concret...

• In June 2022, BV or Balkrishna Vithaldas won the gold medal awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The award is given to a person who has had a significant influence either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture. They described his work as combining "pioneering modernism with vernacular, informed by a deep appreciation of the traditions of India's architecture, climate, local culture and craft". • Born in 1927 in Pune, Doshi worked with architecture legends like Le Corbusier. He also worked with Louis Kahn as an associate to build the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and many other acclaimed projects reported by PTI. • Some of Doshi's projects include the Institute of Indology, CEPT University and Kanoria Centre for Arts in Ahmedabad, the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, and Aranya Low-Cost Housing, a township for low- to middle-income families, in Indore which won the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1995. • In 2018, he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of architecture, becoming the first Indian architect to receive the honour. • BV Doshi was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India, in 2020.