Media Category: 2018.0319

Kamala House, 1963, Ahmedabad, India. In addition to the four distinct rooms – drawing, dining, kitchen, bedroom – the one-and-a-half-story house includes an extension (1986), visible here in late evening light. Photo: by A+U, courtesy of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Informed by both Western and Eastern designs, Kamala House was named after Doshi’s wife, and is the architect’s personal residence. Doshi relies on a sustainable and economical approach. Natural light is maximized and streams throughout, while cavity walls trap and minimize heat. Unlike traditional Indian homes at the time, the garden was placed in the rear of the house rather than in the front, to intentionally offer privacy. Photo: Courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore: View towards the library from a semi-open corridor. “I wanted to develop a system by which the buildings at IIM Bangalore disappear and spaces in between them dominate the experience of the place…I thought the most important things [were] the rasa, which is the subtle experience of the space that makes the space memorable. It extends the associations and enriches imagination.” Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, 1977–1992 (Multiple Phases) Bangalore, India. Inspired by traditional maze-like Indian cities and temples, IIM Bangalore is organized as interlocking buildings, courts and galleries. It also provides a variety of spaces protected from the hot climate, and infuses greenery through semi-open corridors and gardens. Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Premabhai Hall: Staircases leading to various levels of auditorium seating. Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Premabhai Hall: Entrance to the auditorium from the foyer. Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Premabhai Hall, 1976, Ahmedabad, India. View from Bhadra Square. “A good theatre…is the extension of the most active and creative part of a city. It is a place where all artists meet and recreate a new image of life.” Designed as a public theatre, Premabhai Hall, a largely concrete building, houses an auditorium, vast interior corridors and public gathering spaces. Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Amdavad Ni Gufa Photo: courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Inside the Gufa. “Amdavad Ni Gufa, designed as an art gallery, transformed and became a living organism and sociocultural centre due to its unusual combination of computer aided design, use of mobile ferro-cement forms and craftsmanship by local crafts people using waste products.” Photo: courtesy of VSA and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Amdavad Ni Gufa, 1994, Ahmedabad, India. Amdavad Ni Gufa was designed to demonstrate the collaboration between an artist and architect. An underground gallery housing the works of artist Maqbool Fida Husain, Doshi’s design was inspired by a discussion between the two that occurred thirty years prior to the project. It was about a response to climate, and the benefits of interred spaces. In designing the landscape and entrance, the architect connects the building to the extended world. Photo: courtesy of VSF and

Aranya Low Cost Housing: Perspective of a street as a miniature, by Doshi. Drawing: courtesy of VSA and the Pritzker Architecture Prize