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652w, 700px" /> </div> 653 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5b9a3aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5b9a3aa" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 654 <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Join the Baker Mailing List by entering your email in the text box at the top of the page to be informed of screening schedules near you</strong></p> </div> 655 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f4b76d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f4b76d6" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> 656 <img loading="lazy" alt="" decoding="async" width="717" height="450" src="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/world-map-screenings-collage-thumb.webp" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-181" alt="" srcset="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/world-map-screenings-collage-thumb.webp 717w, https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/world-map-screenings-collage-thumb-300x188.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px" /> </div> 657 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-af80bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="af80bad" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 658 <h4 style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>You can also like the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lauriebakerofficial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Laurie Baker facebook page</a>Â to get details of screenings and other Laurie Baker related updates</strong></h4><h3>Movie Featurette Just released! The 6 minute movie featurette preview for the film “Uncommon Sense: The Life and Architecture of Laurie Baker”!</h3><p style="font-weight: 400;">Please enjoy in 720p or 1080p HD and be sure your speakers/headphones are on for the best effect.</p> </div> 659 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-09c0a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="09c0a06" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r6ni3aFraXE","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> 660 <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> 661 <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> 662 </div> 663 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0081c17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0081c17" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 664 <h4><strong>Want to be notified automatically when the film is released? : Send an email to the following email id:</strong>Â <strong>vineetradhakrishnan(at)gmail(d0t)com with subject “Baker Mailing List” and your first and last name. Enjoy!</strong></h4><h3><strong>Trailer for “Uncommon Sense: The Life and Architecture of Laurie Baker” released!</strong></h3><p>The first trailer for “Uncommon Sense: The Life and Architecture of Laurie Baker” has been released! Thank you for you patience. Please enjoy in 720p or 1080p HD and be sure your speakers/headphones are on for the best effect.</p><p><strong>Want to be notified automatically when the film is released? : Send an email to the following email id:</strong>Â <strong>vineetradhakrishnan(at)gmail(d0t)com with subject “Baker Mailing List” and your first and last name. Enjoy!</strong></p> </div> 665 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-398284e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="398284e" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V8LGHjRZJBM","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> 666 <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> 667 <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> 668 </div> 669 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c9b4535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c9b4535" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 670 <p><strong>Filming of the Laurie Baker Film has completed! Over 100 hours of footage of over 50 buildings and interviews with over 30 architects, clients, urban planners, family, friends and unprecedented access to archival footage, photos and Baker’s writings, sketches and plans. Here are some updated stills from the film. Look out for more previews and the trailer soon here or at the official FB page!</strong></p> </div> 671 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7a0cdb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="7a0cdb3" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> 672 <img loading="lazy" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="822" src="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Thumbnail-collage-small.webp" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-196" alt="" srcset="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Thumbnail-collage-small.webp 800w, https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Thumbnail-collage-small-292x300.webp 292w, https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Thumbnail-collage-small-768x789.webp 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100v
672w, 800px" /> </div> 673 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b0e1586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b0e1586" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 674 <p><strong>Â </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lauriebakerofficial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click to Go to the Facebook Page to see the images</a></p><p><strong>Latest Update April 29th 2014: Stills from the ongoing filming work on the documentary :Â </strong>Here are some screen captures from the ongoing work shooting at the Centre for Development Studies for the full length official documentary on Laurie Baker, his works and his life. Enjoy! (Apologies for the ghastly copyright text but we’ve encountered outright theft of work the last few months online so not taking any chances!)</p> </div> 675 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8922048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="8922048" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> 676 <img loading="lazy" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="676" src="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Laurie
676-Baker-Documentary.webp" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-195" alt="" srcset="https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Laurie-Baker-Documentary.webp 967w, https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Laurie-Baker-Documentary-300x253.webp 300w, https://www.lauriebaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Laurie-Baker-Documentary-768x649.webp 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> 677 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e4219ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e4219ca" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 678 <p> </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1411721872423372.1073741831.1389398697989023&type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click to Go to the Facebook Page to see the images<strong><br /></strong></a></p><p><strong>Update February 7th 2014: Official Laurie Baker Documentary and Book</strong></p><p>Research work is underway for the official biographical documentary and companion book. The goal is to go beyond the superficiality of architectural elements & construction techniques and explore the story of the man behind the architect- understand why he built the way he did, what social goals he sought to achieve through his construction, the relevance of his ideas today, an exploration of his persona through anecdotes recounted by close friends, clients, architects influenced by his work, and never before seen footage of Baker himself and his family. The book will contain an updated catalog of Baker’s buildings along with several exclusive photos, sketches, plans and writing from Baker’s personal archives.</p><p>We are currently on the lookout for more technicians (video, sound, editing, etc) for the documentary. If you are interested or know someone who is interested to join in the process of making what promises to be the first definitive full length documentary of Laurie Baker please use <a href="https://lauriebaker.net/index.php/contributions-feedback" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the contact form</a> to get in touch with the subject “Documentary”. If you would like to submit any photos of Baker buildings to be included in the book or documentary please use the subject “Photo submission”.</p><p><strong>Note: If you would like to be notified when this site is updated please like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lauriebakerofficial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the Official FB Page</a></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>February 1st 2014:</strong></p><p>Documentary added: A 1987 documentary by R Nanda Kumar – the video quality is poor and the audio is out of sync but the real value is to be able to see Baker give such simple yet powerful answers and demonstrate and explain the reasons why he use various construction techniques. It also gives a glimpse into his intense love and admiration for India’s vernacular architecture and traditional craftsmanship techniques. Everything Baker does is driving by one all consuming passion – to provide a home for every Indian.</p> </div> 679 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7f6c1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="7f6c1a5" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LKmnQmxkowY","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> 680 <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> 681 <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> 682 </div> 683 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0732227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0732227" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 684 <p>This is the official website of Laurence Wilfred Baker (Laurie Baker), renowned British-born Indian architect and humanitarian.</p><p>The site provides information about his life, his beliefs, his work and his architectural principles of cost-effectiveness, use of locally available materials, respect for nature, avoidance of energy-intensive materials and wastage minimization to create low-cost, beautiful, high quality buildings which long pre-empted modern concepts such as eco-friendliness and sustainable architecture.</p><p>Baker’s body of work is significant both in terms of the volume and sheer diversity as well as in terms of the innovative and practical concepts he introduced. He has designed and built a dance village, computer institutes, fishermenÂs huts, chapels and churches, factories, schools, film studios, orphanages, tourist resorts, residences, technical institutes, earthquake and t
684sunami resistant houses, leprosy homes, a Literacy Village, hostels, slum dwellings improvement, an ornithology centre, government buildings, a blind childrenÂs international school and a museum. In Kerala alone, he has built over 2000 buildings. He has also done pioneering work into earthquake and tsunami proof housing.</p><p>Laurie Baker was also an accomplished cartoonist, artist and innovative designer. He has been at various times of his life an anesthetist, a nurse, a missionary and an architect. He served in the Second World War in the Friends Ambulance Unit and lived for four years in isolation in remote China taking care of lepers. After a meeting with Gandhiji he was convinced to come to India, initially as the chief architect of the Mission to Lepers building leper homes throughout India. He has since lived in Pithoragarh in the foothills of the Himalayas building hospitals and schools and in the tribal areas of Vagamon in Kerala before finally settling down in the city of Trivandrum.</p><p>This website is dedicated to the life and work of this truly multi-faceted yet unassuming man.</p> </div> 685 </div> 686 </div> 687 </div> 688 </div> 689 </div> 690 </div> 691 </div> 692 </div> 693 </div> 694 </div> 695 <footer data-elementor-type="footer" data-elementor-id="37" class="elementor elementor-37 elementor-location-footer" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> 696 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ec803e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="ec803e5" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> 697 <div class="e-con-inner"> 698 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b3f7080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b3f7080" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 699 <p>© Copyright 2025 Laurie Baker</p> </div> 700 </div> 701 </div> 702 </footer> 703
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