Anant Damodar Raje (17 September 1929 – 27 June 2009) was an Indian

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Early life

Anant Raje was born in

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, India. He studied at the

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Career

He worked with

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, where he also taught at the

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. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the

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, which Kahn did not live to see completed. For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture,

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, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the

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, in

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, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe.

Major buildings

* Executive Management Centre at the

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in Ahmedabad,

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The Indian Statistical Institute
in

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. * Museum Of Minerals, Nagpur (unbuilt) * Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in Banaskantha, Gujarat *MAFCO wholesale market, Mumbai, India *Abc

Death

Raje died on 27 June 2009.

References

External links

Texts and Projects by Anant Raje
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