Balkrishna Doshi uses Pritzker Prize for architecture to build homes for the poor

Doshi in his studio, 'Sangath', in Ahmadabad, India. He is the first Indian to win he Pritzker Prize. Photo: AFP

The prestigious Pritzker Prize, architecture’s Nobel Prize equivalent, was awarded to trailblazing Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi on March 7. After being informed of his win, Doshi vowed to use his award to escalate his campaign for proper housing for the poor as India battles a massive shortage of homes.

And the 90-year-old has no plans of slowing down, he said, as he received well-wishers at his home in the western city of Ahmedabad, a day after becoming India’s first winner of the prize.