Anant Damodar Raje was an Indian architect born in 1929 who designed several notable projects in India. Some of his most prominent works included the Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal, the Museum of Minerals and Mines in Nagpur, and buildings for the Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi. Raje believed in an architecture focused on simplicity, honesty, and integrating culture and spirituality. He emphasized the relationship between a building and its surroundings. Raje received several awards over his career for his contributions to the field of architecture in India.

1. 1. LIFE OF ANANT DAMODAR RAJE
2. PHILOSOPHIES
3. PROFESSION
4. ACHIEVEMENTS
5. PROJECTS :-
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.
• Museum Of Minerals and Mines, Nagpur.
• Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi.
• MAFCO Dairy, Mumbai.
• Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in, Gujarat.
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2. • BORN - SEPTEMBER 26 1929 IN MUMBAI
• DIED - JUNE 27 2009 IN AHAMDABAD
• 1954 - GRADUATE IN ARCHITECTURE SIR J.J. SCHOOL OF
RCHITECTURE,MUMBAI
• 1955 - APPOINTED ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF INDIAN INSTITUTE
OF ARCHITECTURE
• 1956 - APPOINTED ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF ROYAL INSTITUTE
OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE
• 1957- 1960 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITH MR. B.V. DOSHI,
ARCHITECT IN AHMEDABAD WORKING ON HOUSING FOR
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY WORKERS AND HOUSING FOR
LOW - INCOME GROUP, GUJARAT UNIVERSITY SCIENCE
LABORATORIES AND TEXTILE PAVILION FOR INDIAN
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION IN NEW DELHI.
LIFE OF ANANT DAMODAR RAJE :-

3. • 1961-1964 - PROFESSIONAL WORK IN AHMEDABAD.
• 1964-1968 - IN THE OFFICE OF PROF. LOUIS I.KAHN IN
PHILADELPHIA
• 1969-1971 - WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE INDIAN
INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUILDING COMPLEX
WITH LOUIS KAHN, AS HIS LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE TO
DEVELOP DESIGN DETAILS AND ORGANIZE SITE OFFICE UNIT
AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IN AHMEDABAD
• 1974 - SINCE EXTENSIONS AND NEW WORK TO THE IIM
CAMPAS AHMEDABAD
• 1979 - MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE , NEW DELHI
• He is honorary director of the School of Architecture , Ahmedabad.

4. • He always stressed on integration of culture and spiritual well being
• His works always aimed at simplicity and honesty
• His efforts ad designer aimed at process of integration of man, the
space around him and the elements making up the space.
• His works exhibit integrity between purpose and expression, building
and landscape, part and whole, and the ultimate quality of all good
architects through time – a sense of repose
• His works had an excellent understanding of the elements of building,
and the law of construction, that it gave the sense of ordering
presence
• yet it is an order to enrich by the patina of materials he chooses and
sensitivity of light
• His works had indeed a softness and quality of transcendence.
• Use of bold materials and very clean geometric shapes and forms
• Blend of exteriors to the interiors
• An experience using the play of textures on the external facades
• Attended to issues of light and ventilation
PHILOSOPHIES :-

5. • 1987: Distinguished professor’s Award from the centre for
environmental Planning and Technology(CEPT)
• 1990: ARCHITECTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD BY JJ CEMENT OF
IIFM
• 1992: WON TWO AWARDS FOR IIFM AND OFFICE BUILDING,
BHOPAL BY JIIA
• 1993: AWARDS SABURAO MHATRE GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE
• 2000: The Master Award for lifetime Contribution in Architecture
from J.K Industries , India.
ACHIEVEMENTS :-
• 1964: JOIN PR. LOUIS I . KAHN IN PHILADELPHIA
• 1974: STARTED HIS INDEPENDENT PRACTICE IN AHEMDABAD
• INVOLVED IN TEACHING FOR NEARLY 25 YRS. IN SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE, AHMEDABAD
PROFESSION :-

6. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT :-
PROJECT 1 :-

7. • ARCHITECT : ANANT RAJE
• PLACE : BHOPAL
• YEAR : 1989
• BUILDING : INSTITUTIONAL
• AREA :650000 SQ.M
• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MODERN
• The design of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal was
inspired by the concept of continuity.
• Institutions are self-contained entities, whose growth is nurtured by a process
of self-renewal through the various stages of their development.

8. • The magnificence of the clear sky is brilliantly
framed through the circular rings supported
on the arches , carefully and precisely as one
would stack cards.
• Instead of concrete being rendered into a
monolith , the facade displays a variety of
textures in concrete and stone.
• The building seems to be truly ahead of its
time and completely in compliance with
Raje’s philosophy of architecture which
aimed at simplicity and honesty.