Anant Raje

Anant Damodar Raje
Born	26 September 1929 Mumbai
Died	27 June 2009 (aged 79)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Architect

Anant Damodar Raje (September 26, 1929 - June 27, 2009) was an Indian architect and academic.^[1]

Early life

Anant Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at the Sir J. J. College of Architecture.

Career

He worked with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which Kahn did not live to see completed.

For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the University of New Mexico, in The United States of America, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe.

Major Buildings

• Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India
• Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal, India
• The Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.
• Museum Of Minerals, Nagpur(unbuilt)
• Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in Banaskantha, Gujarat
• MAFCO wholesale market, Mumbai, India

Death

Raje died on 27 June 2009.

References

1. "With Kahn magic G'nagar would have rivalled Chandigarh - The Times of India". The Times Of India. 10 May 2010.

• "He was a teacher and an institution". The Times of India. 1 July 2009.

External links

• Texts and Projects by Anant Raje on Architexturez South Asia