Balkrishna Doshi's most significant buildings - in pictures

  • Tagore Memorial Hall in Ahmedebad is one of many buildings designed by the celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Getty Images
    Tagore Memorial Hall in Ahmedebad is one of many buildings designed by the celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Getty Images
  • Doshi designed Ahmedabad's Life Insurance Corporation Housing in 1973. Photo: VSF
    Doshi designed Ahmedabad's Life Insurance Corporation Housing in 1973. Photo: VSF
  • Doshi's own studio, Sangath, features a series of sunken vaults sheathed in china mosaic, as well as a small, grassy terraced amphitheatre and flowing water details. Photo: Sangath
    Doshi's own studio, Sangath, features a series of sunken vaults sheathed in china mosaic, as well as a small, grassy terraced amphitheatre and flowing water details. Photo: Sangath
  • Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore accommodates more than 80,000 people through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways. Photo: VSF
    Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore accommodates more than 80,000 people through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways. Photo: VSF
  • The Premabhai hall in Ahmedabad. Doshi designed the building in 1956 as a modern public theatre. Photo: Sangath
    The Premabhai hall in Ahmedabad. Doshi designed the building in 1956 as a modern public theatre. Photo: Sangath
  • Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, which exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Photo: Sangath
    Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, which exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Photo: Sangath
  • The Institute of Indology in Ahmedabad was designed to house ancient manuscripts, a research centre and eventually, a museum. Photo: Sangath
    The Institute of Indology in Ahmedabad was designed to house ancient manuscripts, a research centre and eventually, a museum. Photo: Sangath
  • The School of Architecture in Ahmedabad contains studios and teaching spaces for multiple uses. Photo: Sangath
    The School of Architecture in Ahmedabad contains studios and teaching spaces for multiple uses. Photo: Sangath
  • The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (Iffco) eco-friendly township in Kalol. Photo: Sangath
    The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (Iffco) eco-friendly township in Kalol. Photo: Sangath
  • The National War Museum and Memorial in New Delhi. Photo: Sangath
    The National War Museum and Memorial in New Delhi. Photo: Sangath
  • The Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Photo: Sangath
    The Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Photo: Sangath
  • The National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. Photo: VSF
    The National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. Photo: VSF
  • Kamala House in Ahmedabad was named after Doshi's wife and is the architect's personal residence. Photo: VSF
    Kamala House in Ahmedabad was named after Doshi's wife and is the architect's personal residence. Photo: VSF