Twitter celebrates India's first Pritzker win

Balkrishna Doshi became the first Indian to get the highest honour in global architecture.

First Indian Pritzker laureate Balkrishna Doshi./ Image: Twitter

New Delhi: Prominent Indian architect and educator Balkrishna Doshi has been lauded with Pritzker Prize in architecture on Wednesday, making him the first ever Indian to win the coveted award. An ward that is regarded as architecture's equivalent to Nobel Prize has been given to Doshi for his outstanding career in the field spanning over seven decades. The 90-year-old architect who is based in Ahmedabad,  is known for designing low cost houses and public institutions. His acclaimed works include the  Tagore Memorial Hall in Ahmedabad and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development which is a collection of more than 6,500 residences in the city of Indore.

Indian architect and educator Balkrishna Doshi is 2018 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize pic.twitter.com/L26MVKrGaa

— Pritzker Prize (@PritzkerPrize) March 7, 2018

  President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have congratulated the ace draughtsman of the country on his achievement. Congratulating the laureate for the premier global award, President Kovind acknowledged his contribution to Indian cityscape, sense of aesthetics and low-cost housing efforts.

Congratulations to Balkrishna Doshi for becoming the first Indian to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, the premier global award for architecture. Dr Doshi’s contributions to our cityscape, our sense of aesthetics and to low-cost housing efforts make us proud #PresidentKovind

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) March 8, 2018

  PM Modi called the honour a fitting recognition for his notable contribution to the society.

Congratulations to renowned architect Balkrishna Doshi for winning the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. This honour is a fitting recognition of his outstanding work, which has spanned decades and made a notable contribution to society. https://t.co/vhKGegfeCv

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 7, 2018

Doshi said: “My works are an extension of my life, philosophy & dreams trying to create a treasury of the architectural spirit"., The 2018 laureate of Pritzker Prize is also trending on Twitter and Facebook. Doshi is the 45th Pritzker Laureate and the first from India.  Having no overseas landmarks to his name,  Doshi's notable works include public buildings  like Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board in Jabalpur, the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore and Ahmedabad's striking School of Architecture, which he served as founding director.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize announcement video celebrating Balkrishna Doshi, the 2018 laureate on Vimeo. https://t.co/OuADemgUjM

— Pritzker Prize (@PritzkerPrize) March 7, 2018

  This is how Twitter users took pride in his win :

Indian architect, Balkrishna Doshi 90 has won this year's prestigious Pritzker Prize for his pioneering work in low-cost housing. He is the first architect from India to receive the award regarded as architecture's highest honour.

— Paul Bakibinga (@PabloBach) March 7, 2018

Congratulations to Balkrishna Doshi for becoming the first Indian to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, the premier global award for architecture.

— kumar pushkar (@kumarpushkar14) March 8, 2018

India’s Balkrishna Doshi, 90, a pioneer of low-cost housing, was awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor. https://t.co/ysRASbIQiI

— Amrita Dhindsa (@AmritaDhindsa) March 8, 2018

Congratulations #BalkrishnaDoshi ji for the prestigious #ArchitechtureNobel @PritzkerPrize

— Maheeth V (Sonu) (@mass_sonu) March 8, 2018

Kudos to honourable Balkrishna Doshi ji for creating history

— Abdul kayum (@Abdulka72626309) March 8, 2018

To the man who never stopped to amaze and inspire us. With his outstanding work and thoughts. To the man who made us fall in love with the spaces and the process. Every #Architects role model and #motivation.#Congratulations sir #PritzkerPrize #BalkrishnaDoshi https://t.co/NRfRTjCHtA

— shantanu salunke (@shantanusalunke) March 8, 2018

“We lose what we have when we borrow what does not suit us at all.”

- Architect, Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi winner of the 2018 Pritzker Prize. Of the influence of Western Culture... — Tanya Marie (@DesignerTanya) March 7, 2018