2018
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Rajiv Saini
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Shabnam Gupta
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Chitra Vishwanath
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Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Balkrishna Doshi becomes first Indian to win both Royal Gold Medal and Pritzker Prize.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 2018, Balkrishna Doshi - who was known professionally as B.V. Doshi but was called just Doshi by nearly everyone - became the first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture’s highest honor.
Detailed explanation-3: -For his numerous contributions as an architect, urban planner, teacher, for his steadfast example of integrity and his tireless contributions to India and beyond, the Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury selects Balkrishna Doshi as the 2018 Pritzker Laureate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, the recipient of both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, has died at the age of 95. Doshi passed away earlier today reported magazine Architectural Digest India, which described him as “India’s greatest architect".
Detailed explanation-5: -Pritzker Prize 2022: Francis Kéré becomes first African to win ‘Nobel of architecture’