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+  Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:56:11 +0530

"Adhering to vaastu norms ensures good health," claims architect Balkrishna Doshi, who designed projects like Hussain Doshi Gufa in Ahmedabad to exhibit the works of M F Hussain.


Building Blocks

Aga Khan Awardee architect Balakrishna Doshi talks about his favorite five structures of the city.

Express Feature Service

Marx’s belief of everything solid melting into air might not exactly be good news for all the realtors who have been trying to sell dreams of concrete to countless city dwellers. But for renowned architect Balakrishna Doshi its Marx’s connoted reference to the continuous challenge that modernity poses to established canons, that holds true. “Architecture is a reflection of the society. It has to be in keeping with changing lifestyle of people its catering to. Ironically buildings are made to outlive people, which is why a sound and well-conceptualised building is always appreciated,” says Doshi in town to launch his housing project.

Taking well-known city buildings as examples, Doshi tells us what good architecture is all about.

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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=229624


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