Anant Damodar Raje | |
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| Born | 17 September 1929 |
| Died | 27 June 2009 (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | Sir J. J. College of Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
Anant Damodar Raje (17 September 1929 – 27 June 2009) was an Indian architect and academic.[1]
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Early life
Anant Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He graduated from the Sir J. J. College of Architecture in 1954.[2]
Career
He worked with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which Kahn did not live to see completed.
For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the University of New Mexico, in The United States of America, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe.
Major buildings
- Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India
- Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India
- The Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.
- Museum Of Minerals, Nagpur (unbuilt)
- Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in Banaskantha, Gujarat
- MAFCO wholesale market, Mumbai, India
- Abc
Death
Raje died on 27 June 2009.
References
- ^ "With Kahn magic G'nagar would have rivalled Chandigarh". The Times Of India. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Puri, Rajinder (November–December 1987). "Building on Tradition". Architecture + Design. Vol. 4. p. 14.
- "He was a teacher and an institution". The Times of India. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
External links
- Texts and Projects by Anant Raje on Architexturez South Asia
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