Madhavi Desai
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Educator
Resident City: Ahmedabad
Resident Country: India
Sources: "Madhavi Desai." The Hectar Foundation. Women in Architecture 2000 Plus. 22 May 2008
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: Archicrafts
Title: Partner
City: Ahmedabad
Country: India
Start Date: January 01, 1981
Notes: partner with Miki Desai
Employer: CEPT
Title: Adjunct Faculty, School of Architecture
Start Date: January 01, 1987
Collaborators
Name: Miki Desai
Organization: Architectural Practice
City: Ahmedabad
Country: India
Notes: http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/Civicarts/Generalities/Speakerbiog/speakerbiog.htm#24
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Senior Research Fellowship
Description: Indian Council of Social Science Research
Date Received: January 01, 1989
Notes: 1989 -1991
Name: Visiting Research Fellow, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Description: MIT and Harvard University
Date Received: January 01, 1994
Name: Indian Institute of Architects council member
Notes: 1991-1994
Exhibitions
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Notable Projects
Title: Indian Heritage Workshop on 'Children and Architecture'
Description: at the School of Architecture, CEPT,
City: Ahmedabad
Start Date: January 01, 1991
Notes: The built environment is a vast resource as well as a tool for multi-disciplinary learning. Through its study, children can gain knowledge about history, the sense of place, relationship to one's culture and also develop visual acuity to experience life.
Education
Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Department: Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Degree: M.Arch
Institution: School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad
Degree: Bachelors in Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1974
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
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Publications By
Title: Architecture and Independence: The Search for Idenity: 1880 to 1980
Co-author: Jon Lang and Miki Desai
Publisher: Oxford Press
City: New Delhi
Date Published: January 01, 1997
Title: Traditional House Form of Bohras in Gujarat: Architectural Response to Cultural Etehos
Publication: 2008
Country: India
Publications About
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