B. V. Doshi

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Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (b. 26 August 1927 in Pune, India) is an Indian architect.

After initial studies at the J. J. School of Architecture, Mumbai, he worked in London then for four years with Le Corbusier. Doshi returned to Ahmedabad to supervise Le Corbusier's work. His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. he then started the School of Architecture(S.A) in 1962

Doshi is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and has been on the selection committee for the Pritzker Prize, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, and the Aga Khan Award.