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B. V. Doshi

1927 - 2023

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Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi OAL (26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023) was an Indian architect. He is an important figure in Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Having worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, he was a pioneer of modernist and brutalist architecture in India. His noteworthy designs include FLAME University, IIM Bangalore, IIM Udaipur, NIFT Delhi, Amdavad ni Gufa, CEPT University, and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development in Indore for which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. B. V. Doshi is the 371st most popular architect (down from 322nd in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from India (down from 434th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, B. V. Doshi ranks 371 out of 518. Before him are Francesco Laparelli, Peter Joseph Lenné, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Giuseppe Piermarini, Victor Laloux, and Ong Teng Cheong. After him are Charles Cameron, Fernand de Montigny, Wang Shu, Daniel Burnham, John Douglas, and Lars Sonck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, B. V. Doshi ranks 275. Before him are Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, L. K. Advani, William Daniels, Edmund Gettier, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Martin Špegelj. After him are Robert Spaemann, Robert Mills, Tihomir Ognjanov, Thorkild Hansen, Charles Pasqua, and Qurratulain Hyder. Among people deceased in 2023, B. V. Doshi ranks 300. Before him are Odilon Polleunis, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Randy Meisner, Jorge Edwards, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, and Danilo Astori. After him are Jacques Rozier, Friedel Lutz, Anton Tus, Rosi Mittermaier, Marinho Peres, and Greta Andersen.

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In India

Among people born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 571 out of 1,861. Before him are Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), Hemu (1501), William Birdwood (1865), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), Malik Kafur (1250), and Arjun Appadurai (1949). After him are Manorama (1937), Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), Ratna Pathak (1957), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927).

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Among ARCHITECTS In India

Among architects born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), and Charles Correa (1930).

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