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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:21:52 +0530
Laurels and awards hung lightly on him. At several places in north
India, in New Delhi, in Ahmedabad, I have seen people revering Baker.
But not in Kerala,...
New Delhi, April 1 Architects and members of civil society Sunday
remembered British-born architect Laurie Baker as a 'Gandhian builder',
adept at building homes and not just houses for the poor at low cost.
Condoling the death of Kerala's brick-master who died Sunday morning at
his residence in Thiruvananthpuram, former president of the Indian
Institute of Architects (IIA) Balveer Verma told IANS: 'He was not a
mere architect, he was a Gandhian architect.'
cont'd....
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/46446.html