List of Indian architects
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Architects of 20th & 21st Centuries
The following is a list of notable IndianIndian
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architects of the 20th & 21st century:
- Rahul MehrotraRahul MehrotraRahul Mehrotra is principal of architecture firm Rahul Mehrotra Associates of Mumbai, India and is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Mass., USA...
- Anant RajeAnant RajeAnant Damodar Raje was an Indian architect and intellectual-Early life:Ananth Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at the Sir J. J. College of Architecture.-Career:...
- B. V. DoshiB. V. DoshiBalkrishna Vithaldas Doshi is an Indian architect.-Early life:B. V. Doshi was born in Pune, India. He studied at the J. J. School of Architecture, Mumbai.-Career:...
- Charles CorreaCharles CorreaCharles Correa is an Indian architect, planner and activist.-Early life:Charles Correa was born in Hyderabad, India...
- Christopher Charles BenningerChristopher Charles BenningerChristopher Charles Benninger is an American-Indian architect and planner born in the United States in 1942. He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where he later taught .Benninger studied under Josep Lluis...
- Claude BatleyClaude BatleyClaude Batley was an English architect who left for India in 1913 and started a successful practice there in 1917 with Gregson and King, a firm of architects which is still extant under the name of Gregson, Batley and King.Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana , Wankaner Palace now Lincoln...
- Eugene PandalaEugene PandalaEugene Pandala is an Indian architect, known for building with values of environmental sustainability. Eugene Pandala did Masters in Urban Design from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He had his Fellowship in Heritage Conservation at University of York and at Fort Brockhurst in U.K...
- Gautam BhatiaGautam bhatiaGautam Bhatia is one of the most famous architecture authors in India. He is known for telling architecture tales humorously. He has written Punjabi Baroque and Comic Century....
- V. Ganapati SthapatiV. Ganapati SthapatiVaidyanatha Ganapati Sthapati was a Sthapati , and head of the College of Architecture and Sculpture in the Vastu Shastra tradition ascribed to the sage Mamuni Mayan.-Biography:...
- Hafeez ContractorHafeez ContractorHafeez Contractor is an Indian architect. He is a member of the Bombay Heritage Committee and New Delhi Lutyens Bungalow Zone Review Committee.-Early life:Hafiz Contractor was born in Bombay in a Parsi family...
- Pierre JeanneretPierre JeanneretPierre Jeanneret was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous brother Charles Edouard Jeanneret for about twenty years....
- Himanshu ParikhHimanshu Parikh-Early life:Himanshu Parikh was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He graduated from Cambridge University, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering sciences with honours.-Career:...
- Joseph Allen SteinJoseph Allen SteinJoseph Stein, was an American architect. An a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental design movement, he is noted for designing several important buildings in India, most...
- Laurie BakerLaurie BakerLaurence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker 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...
- Piloo ModyPiloo ModyPiloo Mody was an Indian politician and the founder of the Swatantra Party. He was an advocate of liberal and free politics of India. He was a member of the 4th and 5th Lok Sabha. He represented Godhra constituency in Gujarat in the parliament. Later, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 10...
- Raj RewalRaj Rewal-Early life:Raj Rewal was born in 1934 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He created a revolution in geometric design systems. Creation of geometric systems and responding visual imageries are apparent in Raj Rewal’s architectural works....
- Satish GujralSatish GujralSatish Gujral is an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1999....
- Sheila Sri PrakashSheila Sri PrakashSheila Sri Prakash is an architect and planner of Indian origin. She founded Shilpa Architects in Chennai, India in 1979 and has the distinction of being the first woman in India to have started and operated her own architectural firm...
Architects of 19th Century
The following is a list of notable Indian architects of the 19th century:- Henry IrwinHenry IrwinHenry Irwin, a renowned architect of British India was born on 21 January 1841, in Tarbett, County Kerry, Ireland. He is mainly known for his works in Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. He was a member of the Institution of Engineers. He died on 5 August 1922, at Ooty, India...
- Samuel Swinton JacobSamuel Swinton JacobSir Samuel Swinton Jacob was an English engineer, architect and writer, active in India and best known for the numerous public buildings he designed in the Indo-Saracenic style.-Early life and education:...
- Charles WyattCharles WyattFor musician and writer see Charles Wyatt .Charles Wyatt was an English architect and Member of Parliament for Sudbury, Suffolk....