Decoding Doshi - The life & designs of B.V.Doshi

On 16th May 2018, Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, or B.V. Doshi received the Pritzker Prize. At the age of 90, it served more like a life time award for him. The first Indian to ever receive a Pritzker prize. In a career spanning about seven decades, Doshi has completed more than 100 projects. The life of this man is as inspiring as his built works. It is a journey that involves India’s independence, an unpaid job in Paris & the establishment of one of the most prestigious architecture schools in India. Today on Blessedarch we are looking at the life of B.V. Doshi.


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All project images are courtsey of Vastu Shilpa Foundation, unless specified below.
All images of BV Doshi in his younger years (with family, site visits, with Corbusier & Luis Kahn) are all courtsey of Vastu Shilpa Foundation unless specified below.


B.V.Doshi potrait Image By Sanyam Bahga - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
B.V. Doshi sitting image by Kamalpassi2102, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, photo by Vinay Panjwani. Image Courtesy of Vitra Design Museum
Corbusier studio image © FLC-ADAGP.
Mill Owners Association building image by By Sanyam Bahga - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Villa Shodhan By gabriel florimon - Flickr: DSC_1404, CC BY-SA 2.0,
Kasturbhai Lalbhai By Haresh N Parmar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Palace of Justice chandigarh By Sanyam Bahga - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
IIM A Perspectives - The Photography Club, IIM Ahmedabad, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Cept University image Arjuncm3, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cept Uni image Aurobindo Ogra, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons



Video From the Pritzker can be found here : https://vimeo.com/pritzkerprize
B.V. Doshi interview by Louisiana Channel can be found here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kh3OxghZ8I&t=37s



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