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'''Bijoy Jain''' (born 1965) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at [[Yale University]]. He received his M. Arch from [[Washington University in St Louis]], USA in 1990. He then 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''. His works have been presented in many venues including the Alvar Aalto Symposium, the Architectural League of New York and the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]], which holds several of his project archives.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/449951/bijoy-jain-fonds|title=Finding aid for the Bijoy Jain fonds|work= at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]]}}</ref> He was also a finalist in the Agha Khan Awards 2010 Cycle.He is has been compared by architectural historians at [[Harvard]], [[MIT]] to [[B.V. Doshi]] and [[Norman Foster]].
'''Bijoy Jain''' (born 1965) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at [[Yale University]]. He received his M. Arch from [[Washington University in St Louis]], USA in 1990. He then 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''. His works have been presented in many venues including the Alvar Aalto Symposium, the Architectural League of New York and the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]], which holds several of his project archives.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/449951/bijoy-jain-fonds|title=Finding aid for the Bijoy Jain fonds|work= at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]]}}</ref> He was also a finalist in the Agha Khan Awards 2010 Cycle.


In 2015, Jain's work was featured alongside Umberto Riva's in the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=Rooms You May Have Missed|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/3449/rooms-you-may-have-missed|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}}</ref> His works are present in many international locations around the world like [[Paris]],[[Milan]], [[Tokyo]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] apart from [[India]]. His recent works are in [[Melbourne]] and [[Adelaide]], [[Berlin]], [[Zurich]], [[Dusseldorf]] and [[Geneva]].
In 2015, Jain's work was featured alongside Umberto Riva's in the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=Rooms You May Have Missed|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/3449/rooms-you-may-have-missed|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}}</ref> His works are present in many international locations.


==Awards==
==Awards==
*[[Global Award for Sustainable Architecture]] from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/10/bijoy-jain-studio-mumbai-architecture-design-local-nature|title=Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs|work=the Guardian|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[Global Award for Sustainable Architecture]] from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/10/bijoy-jain-studio-mumbai-architecture-design-local-nature|title=Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs|work=the Guardian|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
*Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Center, 2009
*Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Center, 2009{{fact|date=August 2021}}
*Third BSI Swiss Architectural Award, Switzerland (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsi-swissarchitecturalaward.ch/en/Editions/Terza-edizione-2012.html|title=Third edition - 2012|work=BSI|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
*Third BSI Swiss Architectural Award, Switzerland (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsi-swissarchitecturalaward.ch/en/Editions/Terza-edizione-2012.html|title=Third edition - 2012|work=BSI|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Bijoy Jain was in a relationship with supermodel [[Lakshmi_Menon_(model)|Lakshmi Menon]].
Bijoy Jain was in a relationship with supermodel [[Lakshmi_Menon_(model)|Lakshmi Menon]].{{fact|date=August 2021}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:00, 4 August 2021


Bijoy Jain
Bijoy Jain, Dhaka.jpg
Jain at CAA Conference 2013, Dhaka
Born1965
Mumbai
NationalityIndian
OccupationArchitect
AwardsGlobal Award for Sustainable Architecture
PracticeStudio Mumbai

Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at Yale University. He received his M. Arch from Washington University in St Louis, USA in 1990. He then 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. His works have been presented in many venues including the Alvar Aalto Symposium, the Architectural League of New York and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which holds several of his project archives.[1] He was also a finalist in the Agha Khan Awards 2010 Cycle.

In 2015, Jain's work was featured alongside Umberto Riva's in the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.[2] His works are present in many international locations.

Awards

Personal life

Bijoy Jain was in a relationship with supermodel Lakshmi Menon.[citation needed]

References

  1. "Finding aid for the Bijoy Jain fonds". at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
  2. Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). "Rooms You May Have Missed". www.cca.qc.ca. Retrieved 19 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. "Third edition - 2012". BSI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links

Official website

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