This week on Dezeen, we announced that RIBA has awarded its Royal Gold Medal for 2022 to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi in recognition of his 70-year career.
Doshi, who was also the first Indian architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, was commended for his work with local technologies and crafts, which the judges said helped to "define the direction of architecture in India".
Balkrishna Doshi wins 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
At age 94, his portfolio spans more than 100 built projects including his own studio, Sangath, in Ahmedabad (top image) and collaborations with Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier.
"The news of this award brought back memories of my time working with Le Corbusier in 1953 when he had just received the news of getting the Royal Gold Medal," Doshi said. "Today, six decades later I feel truly overwhelmed to be bestowed with the same award as my guru." Alison Brooks' "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension named UK's best new home
RIBA also announced the winner of its annual House of the Year award ? an "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension in Gloucestershire designed by Alison Brooks Architects.
But a survey of the shortlisted projects carried out by British studio Hawkes Architecture revealed that only one out of the 20 projects, McLean Quinlan's Devon Passivhaus, achieved top sustainability grades.
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