Balkrishna Doshi Wins Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018; First Indian to Achieve This Feat
Veteran Indian architect and professor Balkrishna Doshi received Pritzker Architecture Prize at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto
Toronto, May 20: Veteran Indian architect and professor Balkrishna Doshi received Pritzker Architecture Prize at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada on Saturday. Doshi has become the first Indian to receive the Pritzker Architect Price. It is also considered as the ‘Nobel of architecture’.
The 90-year-old architecture was born in Pune and currently lives in Ahmedabad. Doshi has received many awards during his career. The veteran architect has also designed Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Hindustan Times quoted Balkrishna Doshi as saying, “What more do you expect? This is a crowning glory. So at the age of 90, if I get that kind of a thing, what more can I expect? I’m fulfilled.”
He was aware of his selection for the Pritzker award in January when Martha Thorne called him. The Indian government had also awarded Padma Shri to Doshi in 1976.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually to a living architect whose work has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity. The Pritzker Prize is being awarded for the last forty years without. Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta won this award last year.
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