Architect Balkrishna Doshi has become the first Indian architect to win prestigious Pritzker Prize for his pioneer work in low-cost housing solution.
About Doshi
The 45th Pritzker laureate is renowned for his sustainable architecture and inexpensive housing and ringing modernist design to India. Doshi is one of the last living architects to have apprenticed with the Franco-Swiss trailblazer Le Corbusier. He is an important figure of South Asian architecture and contributed to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and the Aranya Low-Cost Housing development in Indore which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture are the two of his exemplary works.What is Pritzker Prize?
Pritzker Prize is awarded annually to "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.". It was established in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy. It is said to be world's premier architecture prizes and is also referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.
The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion.
Expected Questions
Name the first Indian to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize 2018?
a. Balkrishna Doshi
b. Balram Vyas
c. Bikramjeet Das
d. Bishal Thapa
Pritzker Prize is given in the field of
a. world peace
b. literature
c. music
d. architect
Which of the following is considered the Nobel Prize of architecture?
a. Dan David Prize
b. Pritzker Prize
c. Miguel de Cervantes Prize
d. Turner Prize
