Bijoy Jain
| Bijoy Jain | |
|---|---|
 Jain at CAA Conference 2013, Dhaka | |
| Born |
1965 Mumbai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Global Award for Sustainable Architecture |
| Practice | Studio Mumbai |
Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at Yale University. He was also one of the honourable nominees for 2017 Pritzker prize, which is considered as the most prestigious award for architecture. He received his M. Arch from Washington University in St Louis, USA in 1990. He then worked in Richard Meier office at Los Angeles and London between 1989 and 1995. He returned to India in 1995 and founded his own firm Studio Mumbai. His works have been presented in many venues including the Alvar Aalto Symposium, the Architectural League of New York and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which holds several of his project archives.[1] He was also a finalist in the Agha Khan Awards 2010 Cycle.
Awards
- Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture, 2009[2]
- Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Center, 2009
- Third BSI Swiss Architectural Award, Switzerland (2012)[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/collection/2541
- ↑ "Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ "Third edition - 2012". BSI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.