Dr. Balkrishna Doshi (1927–2023) was foremost among the modern Indian architects. An urban planner and educator for over 70 years, Doshi has to his credit outstanding projects ranging from dozens of townships and several educational campuses. Apart from his international fame as an architect, Doshi was equally known as an educator and institution builder.
He received several international and national awards and honors, and in 2018 Doshi was selected as the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, internationally known as architecture’s highest honor.
This autobiography captures Doshi’s career from his childhood to his studies in Bombay and London, his work at Atelier Le Corbusier in Paris and collaboration with Louis I Kahn for IIM Ahmedabad.
It recounts his meetings with the most remarkable persons in his own and allied fields, and his equally remarkable patrons, and the story of his own family.
Put together, for the first time, from the lifelong diaries and notes maintained by him
, Paths Uncharted is a personal recounting of this remarkable journey unfolding over more than 80 years and across all the continents.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
440 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2019-07-01 |
| ISBN |
9789385360626 |
