BALKRISHNA DOSHI Timeline of his life & works 1927 1927 1938 1947 1951 He stays for some time at the Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi is Doshi escapes amputation and is Doshi’s art teacher Venekatesh Doshi follows his friend Hari Maison du Japon at the Cité born in Pune on 26 August into left with only a slight limp after Patil suggests he study Kanhere’s invitation to visit him Internationale Universitaire. In an extended Hindu family headed seriously burning his right leg, architecture at the Sir in London and prepare for the nearby bistros he meets Indian by his grandfather Gokuldas which keeps him bedridden for Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy College exam at the Royal Institute of artists such as S. H. Raza, F. N. Narayandas, a furniture maker six months. Differences with his of Architecture in Bombay. British Architects (RIBA) leaving Souza, Akbar Padamsee, and with his own workshop. stepmother cause Doshi and his Bombay is completely different his education at JJ School of Paritosh Sen. His room has a Several generations live together elder brother to move out of the from Pune, and Doshi feels out Architecture midway. view of Le Corbusier’s Swiss in one expanding house that family home. of place amidst the cosmopolitan At the 8th Congrès Internationaux Pavilion which becomes his changes its size and shape as the group of students made up of d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) everyday “darshan,” a Sanskrit family grows over the years. Parsis, Christians, and other on “The Heart of the City” in term referring to a glimpse of religions from all over India and Hoddesdon, England, which the holy. 1928 their conversations held in fluent Doshi attended as an observer, At Le Corbusier’s office Doshi Doshi is only ten months old English. Columbian architect German first works on the designs for when his mother dies in June. Samper, a member of Le the High Court and Governor’s Corbusier’s team, tells Doshi Palace in Chandigarh and, later, 1933 that they have just been chosen the Mill Owners’ Association Doshi’s father Vithaldas Doshi to design the new Indian city of building and Shodhan House in remarries and young Doshi is Chandigarh. Doshi, still waiting to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, among raised by his grandfather and write the RIBA exam, asks: “Can other projects. aunts. I join the team?” “You would not be paid for 8 months. If you want to come, come” reads the answer from Paris. He soon moves to Paris and starts working for Le Corbusier. Grandfather’s house at Grandfather Father Mother 477 Raviwar Peth, Pune Gokuldas Narayandas Vithaldas Radha Gokuldas Balkrishna Doshi in 1945 age 18 Dedication from “Poème de l’angle droit,” presented to Doshi by Le Corbusier Doshi with his painting class at the Institute of Modern Art in Pune, 1945 Balkrishna Doshi with his wife Kamala in Babuben, Ahmedabad in 1955 Mother in law Balkrishna Doshi with his wife Kamala Uncle in law, Parikh’s family in 1955 Le Corbusier’s philosophy of life, Rasiklal Parikh, presented to Doshi during one of Sanskrit his visits to Paris Scholar and a mentor to Doshi 1927 1955 1927 1938 1947 1951 He stays for some time at the 1952 1954 Venice, Rome, Brindisi, Athens, 1955 1956 Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi is Doshi escapes amputation and is Doshi’s art teacher Venekatesh Doshi follows his friend Hari Maison du Japon at the Cité He becomes friends with his Doshi decides to return to India and Alexandria. Visiting the construction site of born in Pune on 26 August into left with only a slight limp after Patil suggests he study Kanhere’s invitation to visit him Internationale Universitaire. In colleagues from all over the due to his chronic colitis. While He meets the architect Vittorio Shodhan House in Ahmedabad, an extended Hindu family headed seriously burning his right leg, architecture at the Sir in London and prepare for the nearby bistros he meets Indian world, especially with Iannis waiting for his documents at Gregotti, who introduces him Doshi meets Pramod Parikh, a by his grandfather Gokuldas which keeps him bedridden for Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy College exam at the Royal Institute of artists such as S. H. Raza, F. N. Xenakis, the Greek engineer- the Indian embassy in Paris he to Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s friend of the client Shyamubhai Narayandas, a furniture maker six months. Differences with his of Architecture in Bombay. British Architects (RIBA) leaving Souza, Akbar Padamsee, and architect and avant-garde meets the American architect famous series of etchings Vedute Shodhan, who invites Doshi for with his own workshop. stepmother cause Doshi and his Bombay is completely different his education at JJ School of Paritosh Sen. His room has a musician who introduced him to Joseph Allen Stein, who had di Roma. dinner at his home. This dinner Several generations live together elder brother to move out of the from Pune, and Doshi feels out Architecture midway. view of Le Corbusier’s Swiss contemporary classical music, as moved to India in 1952 and Back in India he oversees turns out to be a memorable in one expanding house that family home. of place amidst the cosmopolitan At the 8th Congrès Internationaux Pavilion which becomes his well as composers such as Edgar was about to start teaching at Le Corbusier’s projects in moment in Doshi’s life, on this changes its size and shape as the group of students made up of d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) everyday “darshan,” a Sanskrit Varèse or Olivier Messiaen. Bengal Engineering College. Chandigarh (Governor’s Palace) occasion he meets his future Doshi hires two architects and family grows over the years. Parsis, Christians, and other on “The Heart of the City” in term referring to a glimpse of Stein (together with Jai Rattan and Ahmedabad (the Mill Owners’ wife, Kamala Parikh. As Kamala founds his own practice, Vastu- religions from all over India and Hoddesdon, England, which the holy. Bhalla) eventually would become Association Building, Shodhan is Jain and Doshi a Hindu, his Shilpa (Vastu describes the total 1928 their conversations held in fluent Doshi attended as an observer, At Le Corbusier’s office Doshi Doshi’s working partner. At Le House and Sanskar Kendra family accepts the marriage only environment around us; Shilpa Doshi is only ten months old English. Columbian architect German first works on the designs for Corbusier’s office Doshi meets among others) years later. It is thanks to his means “to design”), which has when his mother dies in June. Samper, a member of Le the High Court and Governor’s the Swiss architectural historian He becomes an associate collaboration with Le Corbusier since been renamed Vastushilpa Corbusier’s team, tells Doshi Palace in Chandigarh and, later, and critic Sigfried Giedion, who member of the Royal Institute of that he becomes acquainted Consultants and now includes 1933 that they have just been chosen the Mill Owners’ Association would later recommend Doshi to British Architects (RIBA). with the industrialist Kasturbhai five partners (Rajeev Kathpalia, Doshi’s father Vithaldas Doshi to design the new Indian city of building and Shodhan House in Josep Luís Sert, then chairman Lalbhai and scientist Vikram Radhika Doshi Kathpalia, remarries and young Doshi is Chandigarh. Doshi, still waiting to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, among and dean of the Harvard School Sarabhai. Both play a key role Khushnu Panthaki Hoof, and raised by his grandfather and write the RIBA exam, asks: “Can other projects. of Design, for the Graham in institution building during Sönke Hoof) and sixty employees. aunts. I join the team?” “You would not Foundation Fellowship. the post-independence era and be paid for 8 months. If you want Doshi leaves Paris, and on his become mentors and important to come, come” reads the answer way back to India he visits Milan, clients for Doshi. from Paris. He soon moves to Paris and starts working for Le Corbusier. Representing Mons. Le Corbusier for his major buildings in Ahmedabad On site at Mill Sanskar Kendra Sarabhai House, Mons. Le Corbusier Doshi with Le Corbusier Grandfather Grandfather’s house at Father Mother Owners’ Association Museum, Le with Doshi, Anand and Suhrid at Shodhan house site Gokuldas Narayandas 477 Raviwar Peth, Pune Vithaldas Radha Corbusier, Doshi, Sarabhai Gokuldas Neogy, director of Sanskar Kendra and J.P. Vora, contractor Balkrishna Doshi in 1945 age 18 Doshi with Minette de Silva in Dedication from “Poème de Paris in 1953 l’angle droit,” presented to Doshi by Le Corbusier Doshi with his painting class at the Institute of Modern Art in Pune, 1945 Balkrishna Doshi with his wife Kamala in Babuben, Ahmedabad in 1955 Mother in law Letter to Homi Bhabha from Le Corbusier recommending Doshi Balkrishna Doshi with his wife Kamala Working for Mons. Le Corbusier at 35 Rue de Sèvres in Paris Uncle in law, Parikh’s family in 1955 Le Corbusier’s philosophy of life, Rasiklal Parikh, presented to Doshi during one of Sanskrit his visits to Paris Scholar and a mentor to Doshi 1955 1957 1958 American magazine Fortune, and 1959 Architect Kenzo Tange and his wife Nora. Doshi participates in the structural engineer Yoshikatsu Shortly after this encounter Doshi international competition for Tsuboi visit Ahmedabad to view travels to the United States for the Toronto City Hall in Toronto, Le Corbusier’s buildings. Doshi the first time where he meets Canada together with Yoshikatsu arranges a meeting with Tange, among others Philip Johnson, Tsuboi. His collaboration with Tsuboi, and Indian industrialist Alexander Calder, and Ignazio Tsuboi, which began with his Kasturbhai Lalbhai. Kasturbhai Gardella. work on Premabhai Hall, deeply invites Tsuboi to design some Dean Joseph R.