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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