Balkrishna
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Balkrishna is an Indian architect renowned for his pioneering modernist designs and as the country’s first Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Balkrishna canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Indian architect
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architect ⓘ educator ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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Padma Bhushan ⓘ Padma Shri ⓘ Pritzker Architecture Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-08-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-01-24 ⓘ |
| designed |
Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore
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CEPT University campus, Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Hussain-Doshi Gufa (Amdavad ni Gufa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Institute of Management Bangalore campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ LIC Housing, Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Premabhai Hall, Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagore Memorial Hall, Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Sir J. J. School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Doshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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urban planning ⓘ |
| founded |
School of Architecture, Ahmedabad
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Vastu-Shilpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vastu-Shilpa Consultants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Balkrishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climate-responsive design
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integrating modernist principles with Indian traditions ⓘ low-cost housing projects ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ |
| movement | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first Indian laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering modernist designs in India
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socially responsive architecture ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of School of Architecture, Ahmedabad ⓘ |
| PritzkerPrizeYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| taughtAt | CEPT University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Le Corbusier
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Louis Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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