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Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 Winner
Balkrishna Doshi Wins International Architecture Award
Mar 7, 2018
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 Winner
Balkrishna Doshi Receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize His work in architecture to affect humanity is deeply personal, responsive, and meaningful.

Balkrishna Doshi photo courtesy of VSF
Professor Balkrishna Doshi, of India, has been selected as the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is known internationally as architecture?s highest honor.
Architect, urban planner, and educator for the past 70 years, Doshi has been instrumental in shaping the discourse of architecture throughout India and internationally. Influenced by masters of 20th-century architecture, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, and Louis Khan, Doshi has been able to interpret architecture and transform it into built works that respect eastern culture while enhancing the quality of living in India. His ethical and personal approach to architecture has touched lives of every socio-economic class across a broad spectrum of genres since the 1950s.
Institute of Indology photo courtesy of VSF
?My works are an extension of my life, philosophy and dreams trying to create treasury of the architectural spirit. I owe this prestigious prize to my guru, Le Corbusier. His tea...