Famous Indian Architects

 Famous Indian architects of the 20th century

• Laurie Baker   (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) 
  was an award-winning British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and for his unique space utilisation and simple but beautiful aesthetic sensibility. In time he made a name for himself both in sustainable architecture as well as in organic architecture.
  He went to India in 1945 in part as a missionary and since then lived and worked in India for over 50 years. He obtained Indian citizenship in 1989 and resided in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, since 1970 , where he later set up an organization called COSTFORD (Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development), for spreading awareness for low cost housing.
  In 1990, the Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in recognition of his meritorious service in the field of architecture.   
• Achyut Kanvinde (1916–28 December 2002)

Designed IIT Kanpur, National Science Centre, Delhi, NII Pune, numerous dairy buildings       under NDDB and many other great buildings.

• Anant Damodar Raje  (1929 - 2009)Ananth Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at the Sir J.J college of Architecture. He worked with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which Kahn did not live to see completed. For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the University of New Mexico, in The United States of America, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe. His well known works include the Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, the Forest Management Institute in Bhopal, India and the Institute of Statistics in New Delhi.

• B. V. Doshi    (26 August 1927)  

• B. V. Doshi worked in London then for four years with Le Corbusier. He returned to Ahmedabad to supervise Le Corbusier's work. His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. He then started the School of Architecture (S.A) in 1962.

Doshi is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and has been on the selection committee for the Pritzker Prize, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, and the Aga Khan Award. He is also a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects

After initial study at the J J School of Architecture, Bombay, he worked for four years with Le Corbusier as Senior Designer (1951–54) in Paris and four more years in India to supervise his projects in Ahmedabad. His office Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design) was established in 1955.

Dr Doshi has been a member of the Jury for several international and national competitions including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Apart from his international fame as an architect, Dr. Doshi is equally known as educator and institution builder. He has been the first founder Director of School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1962–72), first founder Director of School of Planning (1972–79), first founder Dean of Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (1972–81), founder member of Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad and first founder Director of Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. Dr. Doshi has been instrumental in establishing the nationally and internationally known research institute Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design. The institute has done pioneering work in low cost housing and city planning.

As an academician, Dr. Doshi has been visiting the U.S.A. and Europe since 1958 and has held important chairs in American Universities.

In recognition of his distinguished contribution as a professional and as an academician, Dr. Doshi has received several international and national awards and honours.

In 2008, 100hands director Prjmit Ramachandran released a documentary interviewing Doshi.

Doshi was the teacher for contemporary designer and University of Pennsylvania professor Anuradha Mathur.


Charles Correa (born September 1, 1930)

Charles Correa was born in Hyderabad, India. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology after which he established a private practice in Mumbai in 1958.


The following Indian architects also have a grate role in the field of architecture. 


Eugene Pandala

Gautam Bhatia

Hafeez Contractor

Nari Gandhi

Raj Rewal

Satish Gujral