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EEJ MAIN Aptitude QUESTION #10934
Question 1
Which Indian architect won the Pritzker Architecture Prize (the Nobel Prize of Architecture) in 2018?
  • Charles Correa
  • Raj Rewal
  • Balkrishna Doshi✔️
  • Hafeez Contractor
Correct Answer Explanation

Balkrishna Doshi (B.V. Doshi) was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018 — the first Indian architect to receive this honour.

  • Known for: Aranya Community Housing (Indore), CEPT University (Ahmedabad), Sangath (his own studio).
  • He was a student/collaborator of both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
  • He passed away in January 2023.

Charles Correa received the Pritzker in 2022 (posthumous? — No, the 2022 prize went to Diébédo Francis Kéré). Correa never received the Pritzker.