Aranya Low Cost Housing: Balkrishna Doshi: in Ahmedabad (1973) and the Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore (1989). The latter, arguably his best-known. Aranya, 6 kilometres from Indore, will eventually house a total population of 60000. Keywords: Site and Services Project, Mass Housing, Low-Income Housing.
This year’s Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Balkrishna Doshi, 90-year-old Indian architect and urban planner who has completed over 100 projects. Trained under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, the prolific architect merges his Modernist experience with a distinctly Indian sensibility. A master of site context, Doshi draws direct inspiration from each project’s surroundings and his designs consistently emphasize community, connection with nature, and social responsibility. “Every object around us, and nature itself—lights, sky, water and storm—everything is in a symphony,” explains Doshi.
“And this symphony is what architecture is all about. My work is the story of my life, continuously evolving, changing and searchingsearching to take away the role of architecture, and look only at life.” Read on to see seven inspiring projects Balkrishna Doshi is best known for. This year’s Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Balkrishna Doshi, 90-year-old Indian architect and urban planner who has completed over 100 projects. Trained under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, the prolific architect merges his Modernist experience with a distinctly Indian sensibility.
A master of site context, Doshi draws direct inspiration from each project’s surroundings and his designs consistently emphasize community, connection with nature, and social responsibility.READ ARTICLE. This year’s Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Balkrishna Doshi, 90-year-old Indian architect and urban planner who has completed over 100 projects. Trained under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, the prolific architect merges his Modernist experience with a distinctly Indian sensibility. A master of site context, Doshi draws direct inspiration from each project’s surroundings and his designs consistently emphasize community, connection with nature, and social responsibility.READ ARTICLE. 1/15 Balkrishna DoshiThis year’s has been awarded to Balkrishna Doshi, 90-year-old Indian architect and urban planner who has completed over 100 projects.
Trained under and Louis Kahn, the prolific architect merges his Modernist experience with a distinctly Indian sensibility. A master of site context, Doshi draws direct inspiration from each project’s surroundings and his designs consistently emphasize community, connection with nature, and social responsibility. “Every object around us, and nature itself—lights, sky, water and storm—everything is in a symphony,” explains Doshi. “And this symphony is what architecture is all about. My work is the story of my life, continuously evolving, changing and searchingsearching to take away the role of architecture, and look only at life.” Read on to see seven inspiring projects Balkrishna Doshi is best known for.