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Jul 6
8 min

Is the Relevance of Laurie Baker Buildings Over?

Is Baker’s technology outdated? This post talks about the for and against arguments made on Laurie Baker Buildings and what we can learn.

Benny Kuriakose

Jun 7
2 min

A TALK ON LAURIE BAKER AND HIS VISION ON SUSTAINABILITY

Watch the full video to list to my talk on Laurie Bakers life, his career, and his vision towards sustainability.

Benny Kuriakose

May 16, 2018
1 min

Cover Photo of a Laurie Baker House in KALAKAUMUDI MAGAZINE

Namboothiri House, Ulloor, in Kalakaumudi Magazine, 20th April, 1986.This house stood as an icon of Laurie Baker buildings during the 1980s

Benny Kuriakose

Mar 9, 2018
1 min

LAURIE BAKER CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 2017-18

I took part in the seminar for all the three days, where there were many presentations by different people such as KT Ravindran and others.

Benny Kuriakose

Apr 28, 2017
1 min

PLANNING BOARD BUILDING And Laurie Baker

There was a time, when the engineers and architects in Kerala failed to recognise the works of Laurie Baker. He was called a quack, etc,.

Benny Kuriakose

Mar 30, 2017
1 min

UNCOMMON SENSE - FILM ON LAURIE BAKER

Congrats to Vineet Radhakrishnan for the great work he has done. Brought back nice memories of "Daddy"

Benny Kuriakose

Dec 11, 2016
1 min

LAURIE BAKER - OLD MEMORIES

I am attaching some of the old write ups on him.

Benny Kuriakose

Apr 18, 2016
1 min

LAURIE BAKER MEMORIAL LECTURE PRESENTATION

I am giving the slides of the powerpoint presentation when I delivered the Laurie Baker Memorial Lecture at Thrissur Engineering College.

Benny Kuriakose

Apr 1, 2016
1 min

LAURIE BAKER MEMORIAL LECTURE 2016

I had the fortune of giving this years Laurie Baker Memorial Lecture (Topic - Laurie Baker - Lessons Learnt and Their Relevance)

Benny Kuriakose

Oct 8, 2015
1 min

SKETCHES BY LAURIE BAKER

These sketches were done by Laurie Baker in 1984 during the period I was working with him.

Benny Kuriakose

Sep 24, 2015
1 min

SKETCHES BY LAURIE BAKER

Sketch by Laurie Baker of the Elephant Gate, Trivandrum. Popularly known as Anavathil, this was located near the West Fort.

Benny Kuriakose

Aug 29, 2015
1 min

COFFEE HOUSE, SKETCH BY BAKER

This building in Thiruvananthapuram was demolished in the 1990s and a shopping complex was erected in its place.

Benny Kuriakose

Aug 22, 2015
1 min

LETTER WRITTEN BY LAURIE BAKER

I am attaching a letter written by Sri Laurie Baker on one of the days he could not visit the site.

Benny Kuriakose

Aug 8, 2015
1 min

UNCOMMON SENSE - LAURIE BAKER DOCUMENTARY TRAILER

Trailer of the Documentary film being made on the life and works of Laurie Baker.

Benny Kuriakose

Aug 9, 2014
2 min

POEM WRITTEN BY LAURIE BAKER

Many people know Laurie Baker as an architect, cartoonist, writer etc. He used to write poems too. This is one of the poems written by him.

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