FROM: The laureates of the Grand Prix National de l’Architecture of France

October 18th 2017

B.V. Doshi’s Center for Environmental Planning and Technology buildings of 1962 in Ahmedabad is under threat. The laureates of the Grand Prix National de l’Architecture of France would like to jointly express their deep concern over this situation and urge the Ahmedabad Education Society and the management of the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology to preserve the buildings. Doshi’s building and the campus, is of international cultural significance. Architecturally and institutionally it stands as one of the most significant embodiments of the spirit of modern, post-colonial India, as Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre have stressed. It is an internationally recognized cultural landmark that should be honored. ICOMOS and DOCOMOMO have accepted guidelines to conserve the building. We support these efforts.

Signatories

  • Paul Andreu - Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1977
  • Paul Chemetov - Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1980
  • Henri Ciriani – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1983
  • Pierre Parat (Andraut &Parat) - Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1985
  • Adrien Fainsilber – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1986
  • Jean Nouvel – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1987
  • Francis Soler – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1990
  • Christian de Portzamparc – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1992
  • Dominique Perrault – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1993
  • Bernard Tschumi – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1996
  • Massimiliano Fuksas – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 1999
  • Patrick Berger – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2004
  • Architect Rudy Ricciotti – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2006
  • Anne Lacaton (Lacaton&Vassal) - Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2008
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal (Lacaton &Vassal) – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2008
  • Frédéric Borel – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2010
  • Marc Barani – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2013
  • Jean Marc Ibos (Jean Marc Ibos Myrto Vitart) – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2016
  • Myrto Vitart (Jean Marc Ibos Myrto Vitart) – Grand Prix national de l’architecture 2016

Find enclosed the petition concerning Doshi’s School of Architecture in Ahmedabad.  All the the “Grand Prix national de l’architecture” rewarded architects have signed it. The French Architects send to Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi the best greetings and wishes.

“Grand Prix national de l’architecture” is the highest NATIONAL AWARD IN FRANCE