Bijoy Jain
Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting professor at Yale University.
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- Name
- Bijoy Jain
- Born
- 1965
- Birthplace
- Mumbai
- Awards
- Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Nationality
- India.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis.
- Honours
- honorary doctorate of Hasselt University.
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Bijoy Jain studied at Washington University in St. Employment is recorded with Yale University. Work by Bijoy Jain is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Canadian Centre for Architecture. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctorate of Hasselt University.
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• Name — Bijoy Jain • Born — 1965 • Birthplace — Mumbai • Practice — Studio Mumbai • Awards — Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
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Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is recorded as an architect and designer. The birth of Bijoy Jain is recorded in 1965.
Biography
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. 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.
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• 2023: See All This Art Magazine #32 Make yourself a home
Awards
• 2009: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture • 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 • 2020: Alvar Aalto Medal
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- 1.Burrichter, Felix. "INTERVIEW: BIJOY JAIN, FOUNDER OF STUDIO MUMBAI IS INSPIRED BY AIR, WATER, AND LIGHT". Pin-Up. 18 January 2020.
- 2.Harman, Greg. Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs. The Guardian. 10 September 2014.
- 3.HIGHLIGHT: BIJOY JAIN. Pikark.
- 4.Third Edition 2011-2012.
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