Renee Doring
| Renee Doring | |
|---|---|
 Renee Doring at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Photograph by Dashrath Patel c.1966 | |
| Native name | Renée Döring |
| Born | India |
| Other names | Renee Shamsher Singh |
| 🏫 Education | Bachelor of Architecture |
| 💼 Occupation | Architect |
| 🏢 Organization | National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
| Movement | Post Colonial Indian Modernism |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Colonel Shamsher Singh |
| 👶 Children | Ishwar Singh |
| 👴 👵 Parents |
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| 👪 Relatives | Yvonne Doring (sister), Tikka Aryan Singh (grandchild) |
Renee Shamsher Singh (née Döring) is an architect and was a faculty member in the Architecture and Planning department of the NID, Ahmedabad from 1964 to 1969, until the architecture program was discontinued in 1969[1]. Renee was a part of a team of architects led by Louis Kahn for design and the development of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad building.[2][3][4]
Life and Work[edit]
Renee is the first daughter of Hans Karl Döring and Meta Spira, Hans was a German sculptor and designer who worked in India from 1939.[5] In order to avoid increasing anti-semitic reprisals, Hans and his Jewish fiancée Meta Spira had to emigrate to India in 1939, before Renee's birth.[5]
In 1968 Renee was a part of the architecture and design team to design The World is My Family pavilion for the Gandhi Centenary Exhibition, along with Dashrath Patel, Chandralekha (dancer), Vikas Satwalekar and others.[1][6]
Renee married Colonel Shamsher Singh, who was a ministerial candidate and aide-de-camp of Major General Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad, the Maharaja of Baroda State, with whom she has a son Ishwar Singh.[2][7]
See also[edit]
- Gira Sarabhai
- Dashrath Patel
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Institute of Design (2013). 50 years of the National Institute of Design, 1961-2011. Ahmedabad. ISBN 978-81-86199-71-8. OCLC 871374480. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Feb 27, Ramaninder K. Bhatia / TNN /; 2013; Ist, 06:47. "German daughters' pilgrimage to father's 'karm bhoomi' | Vadodara News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ Eames, Charles & Ray (1969). National Institute of Design Documentation 1964-1969. Printed by R.K. Banerjee (1st ed.). Ahmedabad: National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. p. 85. OCLC 637125377.CS1 maint: Date and year (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Srivastava, Amit (2009). Encountering Materials in Architectural Production: The Case of Kahn and Brick at IIM. University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Feb 27, Ramaninder K. Bhatia / TNN /; 2013; Ist, 06:45. "Sculptor's prowess got wings in India | Vadodara News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ December 9, Sunil Kothari Coomi Kapoor; May 15, 2013 ISSUE DATE; March 13, 1985UPDATED; Ist, 2014 15:32. "Danseuse-feminist Chandralekha: The doyenne of thinkers in Indian dance". India Today. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Mar 11, Ramaninder K. Bhatia / TNN /; 2013; Ist, 04:27. "Was there Berlin-Baroda pact? | Vadodara News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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