New Delhi, Mar 8: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday congratulated Pune-born architect
Balkrishna Doshi for becoming the first Indian to be awarded the Pritzker
Prize, the premier global award for architecture.
'Dr Doshi's contributions to our city scape, our sense of
aesthetics and to low-cost housing efforts make us proud,' the President said
in a tweet.
The Pritzker Prize is also known as the Nobel for architects.
Dr Doshi, 90, has built several buildings, that too with local materials, which reflect social change and the environment. As a young architect, he worked with two of the great Modernists of the 20th century: Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
The famous architect's most significant buildings include two housing projects and schools of higher education, ranging from the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow to New Delhi's National Institute of Fashion Technology. UNI
The Pritzker Prize is also known as the Nobel for architects.
Dr Doshi, 90, has built several buildings, that too with local materials, which reflect social change and the environment. As a young architect, he worked with two of the great Modernists of the 20th century: Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
The famous architect's most significant buildings include two housing projects and schools of higher education, ranging from the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow to New Delhi's National Institute of Fashion Technology. UNI
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