Sarbjit Bahga: Architect-turned-Artist makes Sketches from the Heart
By Jang S. Verman Sarbjit Bahga (b.1957) is a Chandigarh based architect, urbanist, author, and photo artist. He has designed hundreds of buildings and complexes during his four decades of professional career. Some of his selected works have been published in an exclusive monograph titled, “MODERN REGIONALISM: The Architecture of Sarbjit Bahga”. As an author, he has written ten books on architecture, landscape design and architectural rendering besides more than 150 articles that are published worldwide. Bahga is also a keen photo artist and specializes in architectural and landscape photography. He has received many awards and honours in competitive photography. Thousands of his photographs have been published globally. To add another feather in his cap (turban), Bahga has found a new love in free-hand sketching, especially portraits. During the lockdown period in 2020, he has made many sketches of architects and planners of international repute. Prominent among these include the portraits of Pierre Jeanneret, Louis Kahn, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry, Otto Königsberger and Fariborz Sahba.
