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Pritzker Prize-Winner Balkrishna Doshi Reminds Us That “The Architect Is at the Service of Human Society”

March 9, 2018 Anupama Kundoo 0

Last Wednesday the world knew the name of the latest Pritzker Prize laureate: Balkrishna Doshi, the first Indian architect to receive architecture’s highest honor. The jury stated that “with an understanding and appreciation of the deep traditions of India’s architecture, Doshi united prefabrication and local craft and developed a vocabulary in harmony with the history, culture, local traditions and the changing times of his home country India”.

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Pritzker Prize-Winner Balkrishna Doshi Reminds Us That “The Architect Is at the Service of Human Society”

March 9, 2018 Anupama Kundoo 0

Last Wednesday the world knew the name of the latest Pritzker Prize laureate: Balkrishna Doshi, the first Indian architect to receive architecture’s highest honor. The jury stated that “with an understanding and appreciation of the deep traditions of India’s architecture, Doshi united prefabrication and local craft and developed a vocabulary in harmony with the history, culture, local traditions and the changing times of his home country India”.