Anant Raje Explained

Anant Damodar Raje
Birth Date:17 September 1929
Birth Place:Mumbai
Alma Mater:Sir J. J. College of Architecture

Anant Damodar Raje (17 September 1929 – 27 June 2009) was an Indian architect and academic.[1]

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

Death

Raje died on 27 June 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. News: With Kahn magic G'nagar would have rivalled Chandigarh . The Times Of India . 10 May 2010 . 25 June 2018 .
  2. Puri . Rajinder . November–December 1987 . Building on Tradition . Architecture + Design . 4 . 14.