A.P. Kanvinde was an Indian architect known for his functional, brutalist designs that incorporated regional influences. Some of his notable projects included the Iskcon Temple in New Delhi, built on a sloping site with assembly hall, kitchens, and dormitories, and the LBS National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, with a reinforced concrete structure, dining hall, and library. Kanvinde's philosophy emphasized functionalism, modern architecture, and regionalism by considering local climate, materials, and social conditions in his designs. He strove to make structures socially useful while expressing their structure through simplified forms.

1. A .P
KANVINDE

2. LIFE HISTORY From 1916 to 2002. Ar.
A.P. Kanvinde belonged to the very small village
of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. He
graduated architecture from the “J.J. School of
Arts”, Mumbai, in 1942. He was then sent by the
government of India to study at “Harvard
University”. There he worked under Walter
Gropous and was influenced by his thinking and
teaching. He was also influenced by his father, who
was portrait and landscape painter.

3. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS • Awarded
Padma Shree in 1976. • President IIA (1974-
75) • Co-Authored book “Campus Design in
India”. • IIA’s Babu Rao Mhatre Gold Medal
for life time achievement in 1985 • Great
Masters Award from JK Industries Ltd. in
1993. • Was also a part of the jury on the
competition for the Indira Gandhi National
Center for Arts, along with B.V. Doshi.

4. THOUGHT
ARCHITECTURE IS NOT A MUSEUM OF
MATERIAL.

5. DESIGN CONCEPT
• An art can be to nourish the senses. Art is
purely an aesthetic exercise.
• He believed that a grid of columns forming a
matrix giving structural and spatial aspect
would turn a design to more sophisticated and
faceted.
• He treated his building with VASTUSHASTRA

6. PHILOS0PHY
ALL HIS CREATIONS WERE BASED ON THIS THREE
PRINCIPLES
1. FUNCTIONALISM
2. MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND BRUTALISM
3. REGIONALISM

7. FUNCTIONALSIM
• THERE STRUCTURES WERE ALWAYS CONCIEVED WITH
THE FIRST PRIORITY GIVEN TO ITS FUNCTION .
• SOCIAL VALUES WHEN DESIGNING SPACES.
• HE REJECTED SYMMETRY.

8. BRUTALISM
• SIMPLIFICATION OF FORM AND CREATION OF
ORNAMENT FROM THE STRUCTURE.
• ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY DETAILS.
• VISUAL EXPRESSION OF STRUCTURE ,AS OPPOSED
TO HIDING OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.

9. • DEVELOPED TO CREATE FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES AT A
LOW COST BUT ADOPTED THE LOOK FOR THE OTHER
USES SUCH AS COLLEGE BUILDINGS.

10. REGIONALISM
• LOCAL CLIMATE
• BUILDING MATERIALS
• AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
• SOUND CLIMATOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES

11. • KANVINDE plays with space and forms.
His designs are slender, balanced,
proportionate, neat and well crafted.
• The building is important but most
important is the gate of the user.
• He gave much more importance to the
natural light. He gave such a form to the
building that it can solve the problem of
ventilation as well as excessive heat .

12. LIST OF ALL HIS PROJECTS
• ISKON TEMPLE NEW DELHI .
• LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION MUSSOORIE.
• IIT KANPUR.
• IIT DELHI.
• V.I.P LOUNGE.

13. ISKON TEMPLE NEW DELHI
It is built in 1998.
The project is
situated on a sloping
site and covers an
area of 3 acres with
the slope of 8
meters .

14. It has assembly hall for
400 people.
The building was constructed of
reinforced concrete frame structure
and clad with red and white stone
finish.

15. spaces like kitchen, dinning
areas for devotees, offices
are located at the lower
level. Other activities are :-
Multimedia cultural centre.
Auditorium. Animistic
presentation museum.
Dormitory for devotees.
Small shopping areas.
Restaurant and offices.
Temple is around an
informal court with sunk
garden spaces. There are
cascades all around and
waterfalls to create
ambience.

16. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ADMINISTRATION

17. • It was constructed
around 1994.
• This building is
situated at Mussoorie.
• The side is
contoured.
• The LBSNAA is the
academy for the
I.A.S.officers training.

18. • It is a reinforced concrete framed structure.
• This building has two block.
• The one block for administration, it known as
Dhuruvshila.

19. • And the other block
have dinning hall,
V.I.P.lounge at ground
floor and library at the
firstfloor, this building is
known as Karmshila.

20. • The coffer slab is
used in this building.
• In this building the Ar.
A.P. Kanvinde used
the different styles of
the windows.
• The elevation is
finished with the grit
finish.

21. The sloping
roof covered
with the
aluminium
sheet, these
sheets are used
for preventing
the seepage.

22. He used skylights for lighting in this building.

23. • Kanvinde’s expressive architecture was
variously interpreted as "an architectural
expression that reflected the culture and
aspirations“.
• Expressed Concrete structure in combination
with brick became the dynamic determinant of
form and order.

24. CONCLUSION
• His works are generally raw and unemotional.
Yet he managed to make his designs appealing
and welcoming. His designs were distinct and
unique yet having one thing similar-
functionalism.

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