Vikram Lall
{{Short description|Indian architect (died 2020)}}
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Vikram Lall (died 27 December 2020){{cite web|title=Architect Vikram Lall passes away|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/architect-vikram-lall-passes-away/2000359|publisher=Outlook (Indian magazine)|date=28 December 2020|accessdate=28 December 2020}} was an Indian architect and the principal architect and partner of Lall & Associates.{{Cite web|title=An insight into Buddhist architecture from 20 countries by Vikram Lall.|url=https://www.apnnews.com/an-insight-into-buddhist-architecture-from-20-countries-by-vikram-lall/|language=en-US|publisher=apnnews.com|access-date=2020-05-26}}
Biography
Lall had a bachelor's degree in Architecture from the Chandigarh College of Architecture and had a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Design from the University of Cambridge.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Architect Vikram Lall passes away|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/architect-vikram-lall-passes-away/2000359|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Outlook India}}{{Cite news|title=Another alumnus, another book — Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment|language=en|url=https://www.idbe.arct.cam.ac.uk/news/another-alumnus-another-book|access-date=2020-05-26}}
He taught at several architectural schools in India and outside, and was also a Visiting Faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. He was the founder of the non-profit organization Society for Art Appreciation and Research (SAAR).{{Cite web|title=Only those who not only looked good, but also sing well could be actors in olden days: Vikram Lall, Historian|url=https://www.apnnews.com/only-those-who-not-only-looked-good-but-also-sing-well-could-be-actors-in-olden-days-vikram-lall-historian/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26|publisher=apnnews.com}}
Lall died on 27 December 2020, in Brussels, Belgium from heart-related complications. While his age was not disclosed, he was noted to be in his late 50s.
Notable projects
Lall was a design management consultant in the creation of the Indian School of Business and aided in the design of Buddha Smriti Park.{{fact|date=April 2023}}
File:Indian School of Business.JPG|Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
File:Buddha Smriti Park Patna cropped.jpg|Buddha Smriti Park, Patna, India
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|last=Lall|first=Vikram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLtjkgEACAAJ&q=Vikram+Lall.+Sacred+Spaces:+Architecture+of+the+Buddhist+World,+2011|title=Sacred Spaces: Architecture of the Buddhist World|date=2011|publisher=W W Norton & Company Incorporated|isbn=978-962-217-754-3|language=en}}
- {{Cite book|last=Lall|first=Vikram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlIzngEACAAJ&q=Vikram+Lall.+Sacred+Spaces:+Architecture+of+the+Buddhist+World,+2011|title=The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam|date=2014|publisher=Abbeville Press Publishers|isbn=978-0-7892-1194-1|language=en}} {{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2015-06-16|title=Buddhist architecture in Southeast Asia|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/buddhist-architecture-in-southeast-asia-115061600254_1.html|access-date=2020-05-26}}{{Cite web|title=Buddhist architecture in focus {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Books/News/2014/11/02/Buddhist-architecture-in-focus/|website=www.thestar.com.my|access-date=2020-05-26}}
External links
- [http://www.lallassociates.com/ Lall & Associates]
- [http://www.saarindia.net/ Society for Art Appreciation and Research]