Balkrishna Doshi: RIBA 2022 Gold Medal for Architecture
RIBA Gold Medal for Architecture Winner 2022, Balkrishna Doshi Architect Honours, Ahmedabad Studio
RIBA 2022 Gold Medal for Architecture Winner – Balkrishna Doshi
post updated 28 January 2023
Balkrishna Doshi, Modernist Indian Architect, Dies aged 95
The first Indian to receive the Pritzker Prize, he developed a distinctive approach to building for his country.
B.V. Doshi helped bring modernism to his native India, at first collaborating with architects Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn and then developing his own approach to building in his country,
Architect Balkrishna Doshi:
photo © Vinay Panjwani
He died on Tuesday at his home in Ahmedabad, India, which he designed and named Kamala House, after his wife. He was 95.
Although he never finished architecture school, he founded a school of architecture in Ahmedabad, and taught there for nearly half a century. Previously on e-architect:
15 June 2022
Balkrishna Doshi receives the 2022 Royal Gold Medal
Balkrishna Doshi wearing the 2022 Royal Gold Medal:
photo © Vinay Panjwani
Balkrishna Doshi Wins RIBA Gold Medal for Architecture 2022
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is delighted to announce that Balkrishna Doshi has been formally presented with the 2022 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture by RIBA President, Simon Allford on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen.
Sangath, Architect?s Studio, Ahmedabad, India:
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