A series of seemingly disparate coincidences have marked my lifestyles. Now after I take into accounts them, I sense an undercurrent, a binding thread that joins them in combination. Were these coincidences only a series of happenstance? I don’t think so,” says the 2018 Pritzker Prize winner, architect and educator, B V Doshi.
Born in Pune, in 1927, into an Hindu joint family concerned within the furnishings trade, Doshi reminisces in his fresh e-book ‘Paths Unchartered’ about how after highschool he joined a painting class at an institute of Modern Art, run by Venkatesh Patil. Two years later, Doshi joined the JJ School of Art where his senior Hari Kanhere invited him midway thru his route to London, where he joined the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). This was once the turning point in Doshi’s lifestyles.
One day Doshi learnt that the CIAM Congress was once to be held at Hoddesdon in 1950. “A Colombian architect, Germán Samper, who worked with Le Corbusier realised that I was the only Indian at CIAM and requested me what Chandigarh meant. I promptly responded that ‘Chandigarh’ meant Goddess Chandi’s house”.
Doshi worked with Corbusier between 1951 and 1954 — all over which his work consisted of the Shodhan and Sarabhai houses, Sanskar Kendra and the Mill Owners construction — and returned to Ahmedabad to supervise his initiatives. He established his studio, Vastu-Shilpa, in 1955, and in addition worked closely with renowned American architect Louis Kahn, who designed the IIM Ahmedabad campus.
In his e-book, Doshi says how he got he got his first activity in Ahmedabad. “I spoke to Kasturbhai Lalbhai about starting my follow in Ahmedabad. He requested me how much cash I want monthly? I said ‘possibly Rs 500. He then said ‘If I come up with enough work to earn, would you keep. ‘Yes’ I said,” says Doshi in his e-book.
In 1996, his dream mission, the Husain-Doshi Gufa (which he conceptualised with noted painter M F Husain), was once vandalised by Bajrang Dal activists who pressured their way in and destroyed about 23 tapestry pieces and 28 Husain artwork. The gallery reopened in 2006 and was once renamed ‘Amdavad ni Gufa’.
Born in Pune, in 1927, into an Hindu joint family concerned within the furnishings trade, Doshi reminisces in his fresh e-book ‘Paths Unchartered’ about how after highschool he joined a painting class at an institute of Modern Art, run by Venkatesh Patil. Two years later, Doshi joined the JJ School of Art where his senior Hari Kanhere invited him midway thru his route to London, where he joined the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). This was once the turning point in Doshi’s lifestyles.
One day Doshi learnt that the CIAM Congress was once to be held at Hoddesdon in 1950. “A Colombian architect, Germán Samper, who worked with Le Corbusier realised that I was the only Indian at CIAM and requested me what Chandigarh meant. I promptly responded that ‘Chandigarh’ meant Goddess Chandi’s house”.
Doshi worked with Corbusier between 1951 and 1954 — all over which his work consisted of the Shodhan and Sarabhai houses, Sanskar Kendra and the Mill Owners construction — and returned to Ahmedabad to supervise his initiatives. He established his studio, Vastu-Shilpa, in 1955, and in addition worked closely with renowned American architect Louis Kahn, who designed the IIM Ahmedabad campus.
In his e-book, Doshi says how he got he got his first activity in Ahmedabad. “I spoke to Kasturbhai Lalbhai about starting my follow in Ahmedabad. He requested me how much cash I want monthly? I said ‘possibly Rs 500. He then said ‘If I come up with enough work to earn, would you keep. ‘Yes’ I said,” says Doshi in his e-book.
In 1996, his dream mission, the Husain-Doshi Gufa (which he conceptualised with noted painter M F Husain), was once vandalised by Bajrang Dal activists who pressured their way in and destroyed about 23 tapestry pieces and 28 Husain artwork. The gallery reopened in 2006 and was once renamed ‘Amdavad ni Gufa’.
The Yogi and the Acrobat
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March 09, 2018
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