Balkrishna Doshi : writings on architecture & identity / edited by Vera Simone Bader.

Main entry:

Doshi, Balkrishna V.

Title & Author:

Balkrishna Doshi : writings on architecture & identity / edited by Vera Simone Bader.

Publication:

Description:

222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Balkrishna Doshi (born 1927 in Pune, India) played a pivotal role in shaping of postcolonial architecture in India. He is a pioneer in addressing crucial issues of social housing and urbanization in India. Doshi influenced the development of Indian architecture significantly through his teaching and lecturing activities and played a major role in the development of Ahmedabad into a center of Indian architectural education. This anthology assembles a selection of his writings, such as lectures, articles and essays.0Doshi, who worked for Le Corbusier in Paris for six years in the 1950s, has also always sought contacts with Western architects, for example by promoting the work of Louis Kahn in India.0The book is published to accompany the opening of the Balkrishna Doshi Exhibition at the Architekturmuseum der TUM, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.

ISBN:

9783966800013
3966800012

Subject:

Doshi, Balkrishna V.
Doshi, Balkrishna V Interviews.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Influence.
Architecture India History 20th century.

Added entries:

Bader, Vera Simone.

Writings on architecture & identity
Writings on architecture and identity

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Location: Library main 309357
Call No.: BIB 254621
Status: Available

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