Royal Gold Medal 2022 was awarded to Balkrishna Doshi

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Gold Medal for the upcoming year will be awarded to Balkrishna Doshi, who three years ago became the first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Prize. The ninety-four-year-old legend has collaborated with Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn throughout his seventy-year professional career. In the early 1960s, Doshi founded and led the School of Architecture (CEPT University) in Ahmedabad, which has trained several generations of Indian architects. In addition to public institutions, he also completed social housing for 80,000 people. He continues to work in his studio Sangath (which means 'to move forward together' in Sanskrit) located in Ahmedabad, India.
The honorary committee that selected the holder of the Royal Gold Medal for 2022 was chaired by RIBA President Simon Allford and also included architect Alison Brooks, last year's gold medal recipient Sir David Adjaye, De Montfort University head Kate Cheyne, and cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford.
The aim of the committee was to recognize Doshi's lifetime work, which encompasses over 100 completed projects, as well as his contribution to architectural education and the enhancement of building culture in India and neighboring countries. In his designs, Doshi combines international influences of modernism and brutalism with original Indian architecture. His work reflects not only craftsmanship and cultural traditions, but also climatic aspects and ways of local life.
Doshi will receive the RIBA Gold Medal during a ceremonial event next year directly from Queen Elizabeth II. Incidentally, Doshi was also present at the ceremonial evening in 1953, when his close friend, collaborator, and great inspiration Le Corbusier received the same honor from the British monarch.

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