{"id":30761,"date":"2018-10-26T18:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30761"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:06:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:36:20","slug":"balkrishna-doshi-wins-architectures-top-pritzker-prize-first-indian-to-do-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/balkrishna-doshi-wins-architectures-top-pritzker-prize-first-indian-to-do-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Balkrishna Doshi wins architecture\u2019s top Pritzker Prize, first Indian to do so"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/society\/balkrishna-doshi-wins-architectures-top-pritzker-prize-first-indian-to-do-so\/article22970740.ece\"><b>Balkrishna Doshi wins architecture\u2019s top Pritzker Prize, first Indian to do so<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonagenarian architect and reputed urban planner Balkrishna Doshi has been named this year\u2019s winner of architecture\u2019s highest honour \u2014 the Pritzker Prize.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why is it in news?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balkrishna Doshi is the first Indian to receive the award.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Balkrishna Doshi\u2019s contribution to architecture:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His designs include the IIM-Bangalore; Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad; cultural spaces in Ahmedabad such as Tagore Memorial Hall, the Institute of Indology, and Premabhai Hall; and private residence Kamala House (Ahmedabad), among many others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architect also designed Aranya Low Cost Housing (Indore, 1989), which currently accommodates over 80,000 individuals through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balkrishna Doshi wins architecture\u2019s top Pritzker Prize, first Indian to do so Context: Nonagenarian architect and reputed urban planner Balkrishna Doshi has been named this year\u2019s winner of architecture\u2019s highest honour \u2014 the Pritzker Prize. Why is it in news? Balkrishna Doshi is the first Indian to receive the award. Balkrishna Doshi\u2019s contribution to architecture:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/balkrishna-doshi-wins-architectures-top-pritzker-prize-first-indian-to-do-so\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Balkrishna Doshi wins architecture\u2019s top Pritzker Prize, first Indian to do so<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704638964},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}