Bijoy Jain (born 1965) is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting professor at

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Biography

Bijoy Jain grew up in Mumbai and studied architecture at

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until 1990 and worked in

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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

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as a guest critic by Raphael Zuber in 2018.

Awards

* 2009:

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from L’Institut Francais D’Architecture * 2009: Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Center * 2009: Nomination –

Aga Khan Award for Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the fie ...

for Palmyra-Haus, Nandgaon * 2012: Swiss Architectural Award * 2020: Alvar Aalto Medal

Publications

*2023: See All This Art Magazine #32
Make yourself a home
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References

External links

Official website

Finding aid for the Bijoy Jain fonds
at the

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