Architecture
Foreign Architects Rush into India
The profession and practise of architecture in India has undergone a complete transformation in this decade. The last eight years have been a boom time, not seen since the heady days of Post Indipendance India. The booming economy and the burgeoning middle class has prompted developers to bring in foreign architects with foreign fees to [...]
Architecturally Lagging: India
A little while ago, I had posted a series of images of some of the latest architecture in China. Beijing and Shanghai have seen a sort of architectural renaissance, only seen once in a century. Every world class architect is present in China and producing great work. Of course this does not mean that the [...]
Corbusier’s Legacy Stolen From Chandigarh
To an architect, this is really sad news. Chandigarh has been Independant India’s first and largest planned city. Planned and designed by arguably the greatest architect of the last century, Le Corbusier; it carries Corb’s signature in more ways than one can imagine. From the massive Secretariat to the Law Buildings and Courthouses, Le Corbusier’s [...]
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