Early projects In 1950, he went to Europe. He worked closely with
Le Corbusier on the latter's projects in Paris between 1951 and 1954. In 1954, he returned to India to supervise Corbusier's buildings in
Ahmedabad, which included the
Villa Sarabhai,
Villa Shodhan,
Mill Owners' Association Building, and
Sanskar Kendra. Corbusier is described as having been a major influence on Doshi's later work. at the unfinished
Shodhan House, c. 1955. 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.
Bimanagar Bimanagar Housing Society, located at Ahmedabad is one of the well-known project by Shri B.V Doshi. He once said, "One of my most favourite housing projects is the one I designed for Life Insurance Corporation, at Ahmedabad. Here I knew that the houses would be occupied by several generations of the same family, that they would identify with it, that there will be a strong sense of belonging and that their needs will change, and they may modify parts of it.”
Teaching Apart from his international fame as an architect, Doshi is equally known for having been an educator and institution builder. He was the founding director of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1962–72), founding director of the School of Planning (1972–79), founding dean of the
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (1972–81), founding member of the Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad, and founding director of the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. Doshi was instrumental in establishing the nationally- and internationally-known research institute Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design. The institute has performed pioneering work in low-cost housing and city planning.
Media In 2008, Hundredhands director Premjit Ramachandran released a documentary interviewing Doshi. He appeared as himself in Mani Ratnam's
O Kadhal Kanmani and Shaad Ali's
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