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Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra, India
About B. V. Doshi
- Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, OAL, (born 26 August 1927) is an Indian architect.
- He is considered to be an important figure of Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India.
- Having worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Khan, he is a pioneer of modernist and brutalist architecture in India. His more noteworthy designs include the IIM Bangalore, IIM Udaipur, NIFT Delhi, Amdavad ni Gufa, CEPT University, and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development in Indore which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.In 2018, he became the first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is considered one of the most prestigious prizes in architecture.
- He was also awarded the Padma Shri.
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