Balkrishna Doshi Named 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate
This year?s Pritzker jury has selected Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, often known as B.V. Doshi or Doshi, as the 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Doshi has been a practitioner of architecture for over 70 years. Previously, he had studied and worked with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Doshi?s poetic architecture draws upon Eastern influences to create a body of work that ?has touched lives of every socio-economic class across a broad spectrum of genres since the 1950s,? cites the jury. Doshi is the first Indian architect to receive architecture?s highest honor.
This year?s Pritzker jury has selected Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, often known as B.V. Doshi or Doshi, as the 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Doshi has been a practitioner of architecture for over 70 years. Previously, he had studied and worked with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Doshi?s poetic architecture draws upon Eastern influences to create a body of work that ?has touched lives of every socio-economic class across a broad spectrum of genres since the 1950s,? cites the jury. Doshi is the first Indian architect to receive architecture?s highest honor.
Sangath Architects Studio. Courtesy of VSF
?My works are an extension of my life, philosophy and dreams trying to create treasury of the architectural spirit. I owe this prestigious prize to my guru, Le Corbusier. His teachings led me to question identity and compelled me to discover new regionally adopted contemporary...
This year?s Pritzker jury has selected Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, often known as B.V. Doshi or Doshi, as the 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Doshi has been a practitioner of architecture for over 70 years. Previously, he had studied and worked with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Doshi?s poetic architecture draws upon Eastern influences to create a body of work that ?has touched lives of every socio-economic class across a broad spectrum of genres since the 1950s,? cites the jury. Doshi is the first Indian architect to receive architecture?s highest honor.
Sangath Architects Studio. Courtesy of VSF
?My works are an extension of my life, philosophy and dreams trying to create treasury of the architectural spirit. I owe this prestigious prize to my guru, Le Corbusier. His teachings led me to question identity and compelled me to discover new regionally adopted contemporary...
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