{"id":6858,"date":"2023-01-25T06:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T06:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/?p=6858"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:16:57","slug":"balkrishna-v-doshi-le-corbusier-aide-eminent-architect-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/balkrishna-v-doshi-le-corbusier-aide-eminent-architect-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Balkrishna V Doshi, Le Corbusier Aide and Doyen of Contemporary Indian Architecture, Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

The doyen of Indian architecture and a great proponent of built forms in contemporary style, Balkrishna V Doshi, passed away in Ahmedabad on January 24, 2023.<\/p>\n

\"BV<\/div>\n
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BV Doshi with Chandigarh planner and architect Le Corbusier<\/div>\n

Having worked under the urban planner and architect of Chandigarh Le Corbusier, Balkrishna V Doshi had contributed to the planning of Chandigarh. \u00a0He worked for four years with Le Corbusier as Senior Designer (1951-54) in Paris and four more years in India.<\/p>\n

He also worked with Louis Kahn as an associate during the building of IIM-Ahmedabad. and his architectural work as well as his zeal and enthusiasm will always be remembered.<\/p>\n

All officers of the Department of Urban Planning, Chandigarh, on behalf of architects and public of Chandigarh, paid their last respects to the departed soul and held a two minute silence as a mark of respect.<\/p>\n

\"Balkrishna<\/div>\n

Condoling his demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, \u201cDr BV Doshi Ji was a brilliant architect and a remarkable institution builder. The coming generations will get glimpses of his greatness by admiring his rich work across India. His passing away is saddening.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was known worldwide for his\u00a0contribution to modern architecture through his designs for many famous buildings and campuses in India, the most noteworthy among them being IIM Bangalore , Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur and NIFT Delhi.<\/p>\n

A pioneer of modern and brutalist architecture in India, he was a highly decorated figure having received the Padma Shri (1976), Padma Bhushan<\/strong> (2020) and many other awards. Born into a family in the furniture business for two generations, he brought pride to the architectural fraternity of India by becoming the first Indian architect to be awarded the internationally-acclaimed prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Apart from architecture, he also worked on urbanism, academics, urban design as well as arts, the Hussain-Doshi Gufa in Ahmedabad being a famous example of the culmination of art with architecture.<\/p>\n

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The doyen of Indian architecture and a great proponent of built forms in contemporary style, Balkrishna V Doshi, passed away in Ahmedabad on January 24, 2023. BV Doshi with Chandigarh planner and architect Le Corbusier Having worked under the urban planner and architect of Chandigarh Le Corbusier, Balkrishna V Doshi had contributed to the planning … <\/p>\n

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