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LAURIE BAKER-THE GANDHI OF ARCHITECTURE

  • BIRTH

    BIRTH

    Born 2nd March in Birmingham, England
  • EDUCATION

    EDUCATION

    Schooling at King Edward Grammer School
  • EDUCATION

    EDUCATION

    Studied Architecture at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design,and graduated
  • ARCHITECT

    ARCHITECT

    Become Associate member of Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA)
  • WORK

    Opportunity to start working in England (When World War 2nd broke out just a year later)
  • WORK

    WORK

    Served Friends Ambulance Unit(FAU)in China
  • QUAKER FRIENDS

    Stayed with Quaker friends,and then later he met Gandhi
  • MOVED TO INDIA

    Moved to India as an architecture,stay with Indian Doctor P.J Chandy
  • MARRIAGE

    MARRIAGE

    Got Married to Elizabeth (Sister of P.J.Chandy)
  • MOVED TO KERALA

    Baker moved to Kerala with his wife Elizabeth
  • COSTFORD

    Served as the director of Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development (COSTFORD)
  • WORK

    WORK

    Built Hamlet in Trivandrum (Residence of Baker)
  • WORK

    WORK

    Built Centre for Development Studies,Ulloor
  • WORK

    WORK

    Built Fisherman Village,Poonthura
  • MBE

    Conferred with Member of the Order of British Empire (MBE)at Buckingham Palace
  • INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

    INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

    Become an Indian citizen and resided in Trivandrum
  • WORK

    WORK

    Built Indian Coffee House Trivandrum
  • AWARD

    AWARD

    Received Padma Sri
  • AWARD

    UNO Habitat Award and UN Roll of Honor
  • AWARD

    Awarded Doctorate from the University of Central England
  • AWARD

    Basheer Puraskara
  • DEATH

    DEATH

    Died on April 1st 2007in Trivandrum