The brick master of Kerala - Laurie Baker
January 25th, 2007
Laurie Baker is a British architect who came to India 50 years back and is currently staying in Trivandrum, Kerala. He pioneered unique building construction methods suited for Kerala climate and lifestyle. His work is so famous that anyone in Kerala knows what a “Baker home” means 
Check out this article to know more about Laurie Baker’s creative journey,
Baker’s house in a quiet niche in Kerala’s capital city represents a captivating fusion of nature and home. The feeling of being away from nature always brings a certain melancholy to the city-dweller. The fact that nature and home have become two separate entities brings so much pain that one can barely think of anything else. In Baker’s creations one can always see a great respect for nature. A peaceful co-existence involving nature, man and home comes across in his work. Moving around within Baker’s architecture one feels that one has been transcended to a novel and poetic world. The extreme simplicity in his architecture infuses tranquility and leaves one at a loss for words. He has preserved the simplicity of the Quakers and Gandhian thought in his architecture. He had the realization that he was to build houses for the common man. Simplicity has its own inherent beauty.
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March 9th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
My grandfather is a remarkable, i have no doubt;s about that.Some one should pool in money to frame all his paintings so that everyone would see his creative side of humour and beauty.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:37 pm
[...] Pioneer of low cost housing technology and master architect Laurie Baker passed away on Sunday morning. He was aged 90. [...]