Eulie Chowdhury

Eulie Chowdhury
Born
Urmila Eulie Chowdhury

(1923-10-04)4 October 1923[1]
Shahjehanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died20 September 1995(1995-09-20) (aged 71)
Chandigarh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Architect, landscape architect, designer, teacher, and writer

Urmila Eulie Chowdhury (4 October 1923 – 20 September 1995) was an Indian architect who worked during the mid-to-late 20th century. She worked in the fields of general architecture, landscape architecture and design, and was also a teacher and writer. She was a pioneer woman architect working in India. Some sources state that she was also the first female architect in Asia.[2][3] After her education she worked in close collaboration with Le Corbusier in the planning design and construction of the city of Chandigarh.[4]

  1. ^ Women Scientists in India
  2. ^ International Archive of Women in Architecture Newsletter. International Archive of Women in Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 1989.
  3. ^ "Urmila Eulie Chowdhury 1923–1995" (in Spanish). Un Día / Una Arquitecta. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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