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Kamala House in Ahmedabad was named after Doshi's wife and is the architect's personal residence. Photo: VSF

Tagore Memorial Hall in Ahmedebad is one of many buildings designed by the celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Getty Images

Doshi designed Ahmedabad's Life Insurance Corporation Housing in 1973. Photo: VSF

Doshi's own studio, Sangath, features a series of sunken vaults sheathed in china mosaic, as well as a small, grassy terraced amphitheatre and flowing water details. Photo: Sangath

Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore accommodates more than 80,000 people through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways. Photo: VSF

The Premabhai hall in Ahmedabad. Doshi designed the building in 1956 as a modern public theatre. Photo: Sangath

Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, which exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Photo: Sangath

The Institute of Indology in Ahmedabad was designed to house ancient manuscripts, a research centre and eventually, a museum. Photo: Sangath

The School of Architecture in Ahmedabad contains studios and teaching spaces for multiple uses. Photo: Sangath

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (Iffco) eco-friendly township in Kalol. Photo: Sangath

The National War Museum and Memorial in New Delhi. Photo: Sangath

The Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Photo: Sangath

The National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. Photo: VSF

Kamala House in Ahmedabad was named after Doshi's wife and is the architect's personal residence. Photo: VSF

Tagore Memorial Hall in Ahmedebad is one of many buildings designed by the celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Getty Images

Doshi designed Ahmedabad's Life Insurance Corporation Housing in 1973. Photo: VSF

Doshi's own studio, Sangath, features a series of sunken vaults sheathed in china mosaic, as well as a small, grassy terraced amphitheatre and flowing water details. Photo: Sangath

Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore accommodates more than 80,000 people through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways. Photo: VSF

The Premabhai hall in Ahmedabad. Doshi designed the building in 1956 as a modern public theatre. Photo: Sangath

Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, which exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Photo: Sangath

The Institute of Indology in Ahmedabad was designed to house ancient manuscripts, a research centre and eventually, a museum. Photo: Sangath

The School of Architecture in Ahmedabad contains studios and teaching spaces for multiple uses. Photo: Sangath

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (Iffco) eco-friendly township in Kalol. Photo: Sangath

The National War Museum and Memorial in New Delhi. Photo: Sangath

The Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Photo: Sangath

The National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. Photo: VSF

Kamala House in Ahmedabad was named after Doshi's wife and is the architect's personal residence. Photo: VSF

Balkrishna Doshi becomes first Indian to win both Royal Gold Medal and Pritzker Prize

Celebrated architect, 94, has completed more than 100 projects across his seven-decade career

Razmig Bedirian

May 11, 2022

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