Bijoy Jain is an contemporary Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at Yale University. He received his M. Arch from Washington University in St Louis, USA in 1990. Born 1965 Mumbai Nationality Indian Awards Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Practice Studio Mumbai

1. Bijoy Jain
Alibaug

2. About
Born in Bombay in 1965.
Studied architecture at Washington
University, in St. Louis, USA.
Worked with Richard Meier in Los
Angeles
Returned to his native city where he
created Studio Mumbai in 2005 after a
10 year absence.

3. I would say Laurie Baker – not because
he used bricks, but the spirit, attention,
care, love, and the dignity he gave to his
projects.

4. 1. Architecture is more
than just art.

5. Copper House II Location: Chondi, Maharashtra, India

8. Basics and simplicity
always works out the best

9. Tara House Location: Kashid, Maharashtra, India

13. Architects pay costly homage to the value of speed.
Everywhere, overhasty construction takes no
account of the difficult climatic conditions. As a
result, buildings and people are engaged in a vain
combat against heat, the monsoon and urban
asphyxia, in the absence of a sensible approach to the
development of the city.

14. Work less but more...

15. Leti 360 Location: Leti, Uttranchal, India

18. Even if I’ve done five projects, only
through what I do, what I do well, what I
am capable of, that I will be able to make
a difference. That means operating with
100% attention, love and knowledge.

19. Palmyra House Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India

28. All great work is created with complete
submission to one’s limitations and abilities,
with a realisation that this is greater than us,
than our lifetime. And when it transcends all
of that, as this painting did, it’s not about the
physicality anymore; it has its own life form.
The creator turns anonymous, doesn’t matter.

29. Office comprises of 15 architects and
150 artisans.

30. Belavali House Location: Belavali, Maharashtra, India

38. As for work in the future, I’m in a sailboat and a lot of form and
shape comes with continuous reading of the wind and weather.
Thus the dialogue is continuous. I have no aspiration of being an
office of 200 people. The head carpenter is the most valuable
person in my studio. A person who works with dignity and detail. I
want to cultivate people of that calibre, to create a resource of
this kind of infrastructure who can then go and proliferate into
the industry. That is the endeavour of this studio.

39. Conclusion

40. References
1. Interview on 11/7/10 by architizer
2. Design Detour Blog
3. Studio Mumbai Official Website
4. Arch Daily