A Concise History of Modern Architecture in IndiaIn Lucid Language That Speaks To Laymen And Architects Alike, This Book Provides A History Of Twentieth Century Architecture In India. It Examines In Detail The Early Influences On Indian Architecture Both Of Movements Like The Bauhaus As Well As Prominent Individuals Like Habib Rehman, Jawaharlal Nehru, Frank Lloyd Wright And Le Corbusier. |
Contents
1920 to 1950 | 7 |
1945 to 1970 | 31 |
1950 to 1980 | 59 |
1965 to 1990 | 91 |
1975 to 1995 | 121 |
1985 to 2000 | 153 |
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abstracted Achyut Kanvinde aesthetic Ahmedabad amongst Architectural Movement architecture in India areas Art Deco Bahga and Bahga Bangalore Bauhaus Bhatt and Scriver Bhavan Bhubaneswar brick British built Calcutta capital complex central Centre Chandigarh Charles Correa Chatterjee Chennai Claude Batley construction contemporary Corbusier Corbusier's courtyard CPWD Delhi Desai Development domes Doshi elements Empiricist explorations façade firms floor forms Frank Lloyd Wright Gandhi Gropius Gujarat Habib Rahman Hall Hotel Hyderabad impact India Indian architects Indian Institute influence intellectual interior Kahn Kahn's Kendra Koenigsberger Le Corbusier located major Mehrotra Modern Architecture Modern Indian Architecture Modern Indian Vernacular Modernist architecture Modernist buildings Nagar Navi Mumbai Nehru Neo-Modernist organisation Palace Patel patterns Post-Modernist Rahman Rahul Mehrotra Raj Rewal Raje Rationalist recognised reinforced concrete revivalist roof Sarabhai School sculptural shastras similar slab Somaya spaces structure symbolic Technology tecture temple tower traditional twentieth century urban design