Terms of Reference of the Committee
The Terms of Reference of the High Powered Committee are:Terms of Reference of the Committee In Report of the High Power Committee for Mobilisation of Additional Resource for Technical Education....
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Training Architects: India
Due to the unique role that the architect plays in society, a comprehensive approach is absolutely necessary in the study of architecture. Architecture is associated with the entire spectrum of human...
View ArticleExpanding the Horizons - Re-structuring Urban Galaxies
There is great talk nowadays about sustainable development in Indian cities and towns. However we need to understand this fully and see how they can trigger other developments without harming the...
View ArticleInterview with Prof. Balkrishna Doshi by Kazi K. Ahraf
Ashraf: You have talked about your experiences with Le Corbusier and Kahn many times before. It is still an incredible story. I would like to return to that a little bit, to the nature of the...
View ArticleModel Making
The idea of model making or intention behind a model is to consider the model as a tool to express or test one’s thoughts and ideas—not necessarily to communicate with others, but primarily to oneself...
View ArticleSources and Interpretations
The history of architecture has for long responded to the making of places. Places have inspired the acts of architecture. It took centuries to build traditions, the forms of which were not intended by...
View ArticleSketching
Sketching is an exploration in searching for form and spaces without any accuracy of dimensions and material choice. The thin or the thick lines with smudges suggest the density of mass with minute...
View ArticleWhat I learnt from Kahn
Louis Kahn was teaching all the time ... in school, in the office, at the building site and in conversations. There was hardly a time when he was not talking about his values, attitudes, realizations,...
View ArticleArchitecture, Building, Practice
Architecture Too often, the magnificent buildings are forgotten. The spirit of the buildings and the places they made are covered under the dust of time only to be inhabited by those who do not...
View ArticleContinuation of a Language
The Indian Institute of Management is sited on a plot of land of roughly 32 hectares, situated 6 kilometres west of the River Sabarmati. It is flat agricultural land without any features except for...
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My Approach To Design: A Message for Students
Educational background affects one’s interpretation of his environment. It affects the individual’s performances and decision making process. When one is educated abroad, as I was, and has to practice...
View ArticleWedding Wall at Villa Shodhan
Raje, Anant.Wedding Wall at Villa Shodhan. Ahmedabad: Anant Raje Foundation, 1990.
View ArticleSangath, architect's office and research centre under construction ...
An ensamble of vaulted and flat roofed buildings arranged around a court, to provide space for an architectural office, a private trust and related activities; the building has a total floor space of...
View ArticleKurula Varkey Memorial Lecture 2015
I was initially under the impression that I was to give an ordinary keynote speech. I was hoodwinked by the students. Because they later sent me a mail saying that I was to give the Kurula Varkey...
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Competition Entry for the Design of a Civic Square and City Hall, Toronto
Conceived jointly with the Japanese engineer, Prof. Yoshikatsu Tsuboi.Doshi, Balkrishna, and Yoshikatsu Tsuboi.Competition Entry for the Design of a Civic Square and City Hall, Toronto. Ahmedabad:...
View ArticleHusain-Doshi ni Gufa under construction ...
Computer-assisted planning facilities were used to resolve the structure's unorthodox design. A simple floor of wire mesh and mortar was used instead of a traditional foundation. All the structure's...
View ArticlePrime Minister Modi’s Speech At UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 10th April 2015
Director General, Madam Irena Bukova Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I am truly honoured to address UNESCO. I feel specially privileged to visit this great institution in its 70th anniversary year....
View ArticleAppointment of the Committee
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri. Arjun Sungh, in his capacity as the Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education appointed the following High Powered Committee for...
View ArticlePreface
Soon after independence the country had its own well set objectives, goals and aspirations. We wanted to build a strong, dynamic, modem and self reliant India. In fulfilling these objectives, we have...
View ArticleExecutive Summary
This report is presented by the High Power Committee constituted by the Chairman of AICTE after prolonged deliberations and a review of the recommendations of the task force set up in 1991 under the...
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