Tanuja and Sanjay Kanvinde, architects, will speak on: Architect, Achyut Kanvinde. The talk about Achyut Kanvinde is not just about his journey through his body of work but also about his artistic and humanistic qualities.
Achyut Kanvinde (1916-2002), graduated from the J.J. School of Architecture, Mumbai. He later shifted to Delhi to work at the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) for the design of research laboratories, from where he was sent to the US with a mission to study laboratories. He enrolled at Harvard University and worked under Walter Gropius, the founder of Bauhaus School, Germany. On his return to India, he worked for the CSIR and in 1955 established his practice with Shaukat Rai and later Morad Chowdhury. They carried out landmark Institution projects such as Roorkee University, AMU Aligarh, IIT Kanpur, Agricultural Universities at Rahuri and Bangalore, several dairies for NDDB Anand and across India, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, and the ISKCON Temple, Delhi. He also designed large-scale urban design projects like the Dronagiri Township near Navi Mumbai and Central Business District Shahdara. His work was published widely, and he lectured extensively both in India and the US. Kanvinde was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974. Kanvinde remained a staunch modernist, who created a functional yet innovative and economic design using local materials and latest technology.
Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/89960366673
Meeting ID: 899 6036 6673
(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Art)
