JD Centre of Art & IIC: 261 Meet the Artist: architect, Achyut Kanvinde скачать в хорошем качестве

JD Centre of Art & IIC: 261 Meet the Artist: architect, Achyut Kanvinde

Achyut Kanvinde (1916-2002) Achyut Kanvinde born in Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, graduated from the JJSchool of Architecture, Mumbai. He later shifted to Delhi to work at the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) for the design of research laboratories, from where he was sent to the US with a mission to study laboratories. He enrolled at Harvard University and worked under Walter Gropius, the founder of Bauhaus School, Germany. On his return to India, he worked for the CSIR and in 1955 established his practice with Shaukat Rai and later Morad Chowdhury. They carried out landmark Institution projects such as Roorkee University, AMU Aligarh, IIT Kanpur,Agricultural Universities at Rahuri and Bangalore, several dairies for NDDB Anand and across India, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, and the ISKCON Temple, Delhi. He also designed large-scale urban design projects like the Dronagiri Townshipnear Navi Mumbai and Central Business District Shahdara. His work was published widely, and he lectured extensively both in India and the US. Kanvinde was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974. Kanvinde remained a staunch modernist, who created a functional yet innovative and economic design using local materials and latest technology.