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Detailed explanation-1: -Zaha Hadid has become the first woman to earn the Royal Gold Medal, the prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects and personally approved by Her Majesty the Queen. Pictured: Heydar Aliyev Center Baku.

Detailed explanation-2: -Balkrishna Doshi, has been formally presented, on June 15, with the 2022 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture by RIBA President, Simon Allford.

Detailed explanation-3: -Noted architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, 94, has been conferred with prestigious Royal Gold Medal 2022, which is considered as the world’s highest honours for architecture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, master architect, urban planner, educator, 2018 Pritzker Prize Winner, and 2022 Riba’s Gold Medal has passed away at 95, in Ahmedabad, India on Tuesday the 24th of January 2023, as reported by several Indian outlets and Architectural Digest India on their Instagram page.

Detailed explanation-5: -’It was an honour and a pleasure to chair the committee in selecting Balkrishna Doshi as the 2022 Royal Gold Medallist. At 94 years old, he has influenced generations of architects through his delightfully purposeful architecture.