The Only Reason You Need to Pick Up the July-August 2018 Issue: BV Doshi

Who is Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi or BV Doshi, as we all fondly call him? Aside, that is, from being the2018 Pritzker Prize winner, the first Indian architect to receive the highest accolade in architecture? From the pillaring principles behind his buildings to the banality of his weekly routine, AD has created the most definitive guide to the man and his work. Made in close collaboration with the architect and his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof, the AD team would like to thank Mr Doshi for his time, his ideas and his friendship.

1. Meet BV Doshi in Photos

Up-close and personal with the 90-year-old from Ahmedabad | Photographer: Lauraandrid (Laura Gavrilenko and Rid Burman)

2. Concrete Poetry: BV Doshi's Architecture Rendered in Text

在一系列的文章和对话,the world's greatest minds write personal and critical accounts of BV Doshi, with texts formatted in shapes that reference the architect's most iconic work. Featuring texts from Khushnu Panthaki Hoof, Germán Samper, Victoria Newhouse, Atul Dodiya, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sangita Jindal, and Suha Özkan.

3. Dayanita Singh x BV Doshi | Photo Essay

One of the privileges of working with photography is the access it can give you to people's personal spaces. View BV Doshi's house and the people he loves through the lens of celebrated photographer Dayanita Singh, for what she refers to as the 'House of Love and Light'.

4. Pop-Up by Gurjit Singh Matharoo

Architect Gurjit Singh Matharoo and his team congratulate BV Doshi on his Pritzker Prize win with a scaled-down version of the Tagore Memorial Theatre

5. Iwan Baan x BV Doshi | Documentation of the Architect's Projects

"When AD presented the opportunity to photograph his (BV Doshi's) key projects in his home town (and Bengaluru), I couldn't let it pass. I saw how Doshi's designs became a framework for living, and offered the possibility for many people to change their lives at the Life Insurance Corporation Housing project." - Iwan Baan

BONUS!

Aditi Mangaldas x BV Doshi | Dancing in Concrete Spaces

"It was a spontaneous response to the moment...I hope that Premabhai Hall will once again resonate with the sound of music and dance that Doshi sahib and his family so cherish.

Photographer: Ashish Shah | Stylist: Kshitij Kankaria

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