Moving from Srilanka, I made a long due visit to India. I have been meaning to do an architectural tour esp. on the work of Mr. BV Doshi. Being modern and far-sighted does not always mean going off the league. This probably has been the mantra of visionary architects like Bal Krishna Vithaldas Doshi. I dedicate this blog to this well-known figure in Indian architecture. His work is inspiring for its sheer originality, sustainability, India ness and greenability. Born in Pune, India in 1927, he is an alumnus of the J. J. School of Art, Bombay. He was appointed as a senior designer on Le Corbusier’s projects at Ahmedabad and Chandigarh in 1950. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1958, he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
B.V. Doshi started his private practice in 1956 at Ahmedabad, known as Vastu-Shilpa, followed in 1962 by a firm called the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Environmental Design. He also founded and designed the School of Architecture and Planning in Ahmedabad. Doshi worked for a partnership firm known as Stein, Doshi & Bhalla since 1977. Over the years Doshi’s sustainable architecture has gained momentum, he masters the adopts principles of modern architecture within the Indian context. It is what makes his thoughts on environment and urban concerns relevant. One of his key strengths has been architectural scaling and massing, and his designs are marked with a well-defined sense of space and community. Doshi’s architecture provides is a gateway to modern Indian architecture.
His work is a fusion of contemporary vision merged with old form. Much like his office building Sangath. In his words, “Sangath is a design laboratory where professionals from diverse disciplines are invited to explore new visions, concepts and solutions integrating arts, crafts, engineering and philosophy of life. Sangath to see that each individual in the coming millennium is benefited from its visions and design solutions”… well, we are with you…
Dining Table and Chairs, Eco Living Room, Contemporary Furniture
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