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B. V. Doshi

1927 - 2023

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Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi OAL (Gujarati: બાલકૃષ્ણ વિઠ્ઠલદાસ દોશી; 26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023) was an Indian architect. He is an important figure in Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. V. Doshi has received more than 877,556 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). B. V. Doshi is the 433rd most popular architect (down from 372nd in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from India (down from 477th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Architect.

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  • 24

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  • 3.91

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, B. V. Doshi ranks 433 out of 424Before him are Nicholas Hawksmoor, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Harry Vardon, Enric Miralles, Gunnar Birkerts, and James Gibbs. After him are Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Ivan Fomin, Ryue Nishizawa, Richard Knill Freeman, and Alexander Kokorinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, B. V. Doshi ranks 338Before him are Andy Stanfield, Mose Allison, József Sákovics, Barbara Rush, Robert Alt, and Charles Jarrott. After him are John Kander, Emil Pažický, John Buscema, Rita Gam, Harvey Korman, and Frank Sedgman. Among people deceased in 2023, B. V. Doshi ranks 309Before him are Mary L. Cleave, Marinho Peres, Pat McCormick, C. R. Rao, Bill Richardson, and Michael Bishop. After him are Anita Thallaug, Danilo Astori, Yaakov Ziv, Ernesto Castano, Francis Lee, and Trevor Francis.

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In India

Among people born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 612 out of 1,493Before him are Ismat Chughtai (1915), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), C. R. Rao (1920), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Nirmala Joshi (1934). After him are Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), Dimple Kapadia (1957), and Ashok Kumar (1911).

Among ARCHITECTS In India

Among architects born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 1After him are Charles Correa (1930).