B V Doshi's architecture is a sum of shapes that have won Pritzker Prize

Few of us knew of Doshi's ability to convert his architectural drawings into miniature-like paintings

Balkrishna Doshi was known to invite students of architecture to his home in Ahmedabad. As the founder director of the School of Architecture (now known as CEPT, or Centre for Environment and Planning Technology, of which he is dean-emeritus), the privilege he accorded his acolytes was often their first exposure to “modern” architecture. And they either loved it or hated it, a reaction Doshi probably aimed for in these interactions. It was a lesson beyond anything he could offer in a classroom, and it piqued the curiosity of even the most jaded appetites.
 
That the elegant and sparsely built