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          Balkrishna doshi: an architecture for india

        1. Balkrishna Doshi () sits at the top of the Pantheon of Indian architects.
        2. Radhika kathpalia
        3. Balkrishna Doshi, who has died aged 95, produced architecture appropriate to the climate, geography, culture and traditions of India by.
        4. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Doshi developed new approaches to social and experimental housing based on participation and the possibility to adapt to the users'.

          5. Radhika kathpalia.

          B. V. Doshi

          Indian architect (1927–2023)

          Balkrishna Vithaldas DoshiOAL (Gujarati: બાલકૃષ્ણ વિઠ્ઠલદાસ દોશી; 26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023) was an Indian architect.[1] He is an important figure in Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India.[2] Having worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, he was a pioneer of modernist and brutalist architecture in India.

          His noteworthy designs include FLAME University, IIM Bangalore, IIM Udaipur, NIFT Delhi, Amdavad ni Gufa, CEPT University, and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development in Indore for which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.[3]

          In 2018, he became the first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize.[4][5] He was also awarded the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan,[6] and the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2022.&#