Laurie Baker: Guru of low-cost housing

By and Robin Spence Robin Spence2007-04-13T00:00:00

Laurie Baker on site with his workforce in Kerala.

Laurie Baker, who has died in India aged 90, was a passionate architectural innovator who faced fierce criticism for advocating construction using only local materials

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