Designed by Bimal Patel; completed 1987 Near Ahmedabad, India Commended by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1992) for the “confident use of formal elements growing out of the Indo-Islamic architectural heritage,” the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, designed by Bimal Patel, can be conceived as a series of open courtyards and transitional arcade spaces that provide a primary organizational framework for various scattered buildings. Situated on the outskirts of Ahmedabad near the Bhat village, this institute is the outcome of an enterpris ing collaboration between its director, Dr. V.G.Patel, and the architect. The institute is formally organized as fragmented buildings that are laid out in an L shape and unified by a system of corridors. It is entered through a plaza that is shaded with trees. The entrance kiosk, with its green pyramidal roof, is the pivot from which two axes extend. The first axis has the administrative offices and training and research centers and ...