Deeply humbled: Balakrishna Doshi after receiving prestigious Royal Gold Medal 2022

The 94-year-old renowned Indian architect Balakrishna Doshi has won the Royal Gold Medal 2022, the highest honor for architecture in the United Kingdom. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) made the announcement praising Doshi's influence on the architecture of India and its neighbouring regions.
RIBA further added that with a 70 year career, which included 100 projects, the acclaimed architect’s influence has been two-fold through his practice and his teaching. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated the distinguished architect and said that the contributions of Doshi to the world of architecture have been monumental.
Many of his iconic buildings include Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; Sangath, his studio in Ahmedabad; Ahmedabad School of Architecture – renamed CEPT University in 2002 – which promoted collaborative learning; and Aranya Low Cost Housing (1989), Indore, which won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1995.
In his acceptance of the award, Doshi has said the news of winning the award came as a pleasant surprise and he was deeply humbled to have won it. Doshi added that he was deeply humbled by the honour since the Royal Gold Medal was approved personally by Queen Elizabeth II.
Balakrishna Doshi was born in Pune and studied architecture at the JJ School of Architecture Bombay. He worked in Paris for four years before coming to India to work and supervise projects. He is globally known for his visionary urban planning projects as he blends the modern and local to give life to his
buildings.