India: Laurie Baker, Architect, Has Passed Away

2007-04-04

Baker: the country’s only Indian architect

To most in the profession Laurie Baker was an enigma. But to the millions who were touched by his thoughtful brick landscapes, his passing will be mourned.

What can you say about a man who spoke little, abhorred theory, propagated no style, and issued no grandiose proclamations about the state of architecture. And yet did more buildings in his lifetime than ten architectural practices put together, each done with the diligence and personal commitment to detail, and built with the implicit belief that all creative and innovative work grows out of ordinary concerns.
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