Balkrishna Doshi
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| Balkrishna Doshi | |
| Born | 1927; Poona, India |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Balkrishna_Doshi.html |
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[edit] Works
- Gandhi Labor Institute, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India, 1980 to 1984. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Sangath, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India, 1979 to 1981. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
[edit] Discussion
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi was born in Poona, India in 1927. After he completed his studies at J. J. School of Art, Bombay in 1950 he became a senior designer on Le Corbusier's projects in Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. In 1956 he established a private practice in Vastu-Shilpa, Ahmedabad and in 1962 he established the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Environmental Design. He also founded and designed the School of Architecture and Planning in Ahmedabad. Doshi has worked in partnership as Stein, Doshi & Bhalla since 1977.
Over the years Doshi has created architecture that relies on a sensitive adoption and refinement of modern architecture within an Indian context. The relevancy of his environmental and urban concerns make him unique as both a thinker and teacher. Architectural scale and massing, as well as a clear sense of space and community mark most of his work. Doshi's architecture provides one of the most important models for modern Indian architecture.
[edit] References
Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p45.
William J R Curtis, Balkrishna Doshi. Balkrishna Doshi : An Architecture for India. New York, Rizzoli, 1988. ISBN 0-8478-0937-4. — Out of print, but you can request an open search for this book at Amazon.com
James Steele. Rethinking Modernism for the Developing World : The Complete Architecture of Balkrishna Doshi. Watson-Guptill Publications (September 1998). ISBN 0-8230-0227-6. — Available at Amazon.com
