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He started his architecture studio in India in 1969, upon returning from working with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia.
Rajes association with the School of Architecture, CEPT University, was consistent throughout the period of his
independent practice.
He also taught at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
He was Visiting Professor at several universities in the United States, Europe and Australia, and he lectured
extensively at architecture schools in India and around the world.
Raje received several professional and academic awards, including the Distinguished Professors Award from the
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad in 1987, the Indian Institute of Architects
(IIA) Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Architecture in 1993, and the
Master Award for Lifetime Contribution in Architecture from J.K. Industries, India in 2000.
Design principal:
Raje follows Kahn in many aspects: Building within a Building, Expression of Material, Expression of Construction,
Arched Openings, Precise works of brick masonry, Scale of open spaces.
Excellent understanding of the elements of building, and the laws of construction, that give it the sense of ordered
presence.
Enriched by the patina (exterior) of materials he chooses and his sensitivity of light.
Raje believes in the essence of history and its continued presence in design.
Conceptualization of any project before it went for drawing and construction stage.
Combination of romanticism (the natural surroundings around the building) and monumentality (buildings out of
Use of large open spaces in the outer skeleton for natural ventilation and lighting.
Most of his buildings were of brick masonry and exposed concrete surfaces.
1. The honor of carrying on the work of a master was a difficult challenge well met in this prestigious academic
building.
2. The Management Development Centre is the last important element to be added to Louis Kahns campus for
the Indian Institute of Management left incomplete at his death in 1975.
3. The architect has shown due respect for that powerful context by assiduously employing Kahns brick
vocabulary.
4. It Kahns ideas on the intrinsic order of materials and light a step further.
5. The centre is a self-contained school with library facilities, shared with the main institute.
6. The play of light on fair-faced concrete is exploited originally, for example, in the elegant light shafts that
pierce the central academic block of the complex.
7. Taut planes of concrete like stretched parchment retains a narrow interface between the major spaces in the
dark brick core of the building.
8. The complex is organized around a landscaped court.
9. Two wings of guest rooms extend from the teaching block to complete the long sides of the quadrangle
10. Two circulations spines each serving thirty-two rooms on either side, for a total of one hundred and twentyeight participants. The two spines are connected through foyers and a concourse to lounges and dining halls.
11. The C-shaped double-storied structure so formed encloses a terraced courtyard
12. The fourth side enclosed with a brick wall and a screen of trees.
13. The symmetrical positioning of a pair of descending stairs in the concourse of the academic wing creates a large
veranda like terrace on the central axis of the block.
14. Board arches from the view of the court.
15. The comfortable, domestic scale of the quadrangle is established by manipulating its levels.
16. Despite a masterful fidelity to the formal language of Kahn, this intimate, introverted composition is refreshing
exception to the overbearing weight and masculinity of the earlier campus buildings - a landmark in itself.