Bijoy Jain Explained

Bijoy Jain
Nationality:	Indian
Birth Date:	1965
Birth Place:	Mumbai
Practice:	Studio Mumbai
Awards:	Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor at Yale University.

Biography

Bijoy Jain grew up in Mumbai and studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis until 1990 and worked in Richard Meier office at Los Angeles and London between 1989 and 1995. He returned to India in 1995 and founded his own firm Studio Mumbai.^[1] Bijoy Jain was invited by Alejandro Aravena to the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016 and to the ETH Zurich as a guest critic by Raphael Zuber in 2018.

Awards

• 2009: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture^[2]
• 2009: Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Center
• 2009: Nomination – Aga Khan Award for Architecture for Palmyra-Haus, Nandgaon
• 2012: Swiss Architectural Award^[3]

External links

Official website

Finding aid for the Bijoy Jain fonds at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Digitized items)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burrichter . Felix . 18 January 2020 . "INTERVIEW: BIJOY JAIN, FOUNDER OF STUDIO MUMBAI IS INSPIRED BY AIR, WATER, AND LIGHT" . Pin-Up.
2. News: Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs. the Guardian. 10 September 2014 . 25 February 2015 . Harman . Greg .
3. https://swissarchitecturalaward.com/en/editions/2011-2012/