Dr. Laurence Wilfred Baker, the pioneer of low-cost and eco-friendly architecture passed away on April 1, 2007 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Born in Birmingham in England on March 2, 1917, he came to India as an architect to the World Leprosy Mission in 1945 in Northern India. After serving for 25 long years, he shifted to Kerala and focused on the high quality of construction and the general awareness in Kerala with respect to cost-effective techniques and materials.
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