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Nari Gandhi

Nari (Nariman) Gandhi
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Born (1934-01-01)1 January 1934
Surat, India
Died 18 August 1993(1993-08-18)
Khopoli near Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Architect
Buildings Daya residence (Mumbai), Patel residence (Surat), Gateway to mosque (Kolgaon), Jain house (Lonavala)

Nari Gandhi (1934–1993) was an Indian architect known for his highly innovative works in organic architecture.

Nariman (Nari) Dossabhai Gandhi was born in 1934 in Surat to a Zoroastrian Parsi family from Bombay. He was one of the six children with three brothers and two sisters.

Nari completed his schooling DDFF at St. Xavier's High School, Fort, Mumbai, and studied architecture at Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai for five years in early 1950s. He travelled to US to apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright at the Taliesin and spent five years there. After Wright's death in 1959, Nari left Taliesin and studied pottery at the Kent State University for two years.

He also briefly worked for the American Architect Warren Weber. He was a good friend of Bruce Goff. Nari returned to India in early 1960s. He taught at the M.S. University, Baroda and at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai for a brief period. He passionately worked on as many as 30 projects over a period of as many years. He died in a tragic accident in 1993 near Khopoli, while he was on the way to one of his project sites at Kolgaon.

While working in India, Nari continued to work on Wright's ideology of organic architecture and further developed his own unique style with a subtle influence of local climate and culture. He ceaselessly continued to work on Wright's idea of 'flowing space'. Nari worked without an office and rarely made any drawings for any of his projects. Nari spent a lot of time on his sites and worked closely with the craftsmen and often participated in the construction process himself.


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