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BV Doshi, the lodestar of Indian architecture

Was associated with the Capitol Complex — first as intern at Le Corbusier’s Paris office and then site architect

BV Doshi, the lodestar of Indian architecture

A 2016 photo of architect BV Doshi addressing a gathering at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh. Tribune file photo



Rajnish Wattas

MY last conversation with BV Doshi was when I called him up to congratulate on the Royal Gold Medal presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects last year. In a lighter vein, I said: “Both the presenter (the late Queen Elizabeth II) and the recipient will make a fine pair of nonagenarians!” He laughed heartily, “Yes, but I will be the younger one.” Notwithstanding the difference of age or stature, he bonded with natural ease and humane warmth with everyone.