He explains that creation can only happen if we have patience. We should always explore and try something new daily. There is so much to learn from nature and especially trees. Love your life. Be generous. Be adventurous and explore. He is a pioneering architect, a teacher and an influential architectural thinker of modern India. His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955.Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Doshi is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and has been on the selection committee for the Pritzker Prize, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He is also a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects. His buildings include NIFT Delhi, IIM Bangalore, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Amdvad ni Gufa and many more. He has been awarded the Padma Shri ,Honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and France's highest honour for arts the 'Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters', 2011. Introducing our eighth speaker, Sir BV Doshi, India's finest architect! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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