MANKIND'S EARLY DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS
It took many centuries, indeed millenia, for mankind's shelter and settlement to evolve to the intricately woven communities that responded entirely to climate, material resources, cultural and...
View ArticlePrasāda, the Gracious Gift, in Contemporary and Classical South Asia
The importance of prasāda as a “gracious gift” in contemporary South Asian religious practice is hard to overstate. As the central liturgical prop at Hindu pilgrimage centers and local temples alike,...
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Gandhi Ghat
Just five months before independence I was appointed Senior Architect in the Bengal PWD. My first assignment was the prestigious and extremely challenging one of designing a memorial for Gandhiji –...
View ArticleBabari Masjid Design Proposal
No religion approves man killing man to sell, appease or protect God. Yet millions have been killed to propitiate God ever since he was created/invented by Man. Even today such killings continue from...
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Multi-Storyed Flats at Ramakrishnapuram and Curzon Road Hostels (1965-'69)
"Peripheral to the symbolic space of new Delhi's leafy heart, the design and planning prerogatives of CPWD-built housing colonies remained more prosaic than political. While the standardised type...
View ArticleThe nature and role of architectural education
[excerpt] I must open by stating that I am primarily an urban planner, not an architect, though I have been associated with schools of architecture throughout my professional life. I must also add that...
View ArticleHousing for the Rural Poor
Although the first village housing scheme was introduced as early as the Second Five Year Plan, the government has never carried out a comprehensive survey to assess the nature and extent of the...
View ArticleUrban Planning Training in Southeast Asia
[excerpt] When almost all cities were fairly small and changed slowly, there was plenty of time for innumerable small adjustments to be made to each new development before the next new development was...
View ArticleMid-Century Modernism: Jaqueline Tyrwhitt and the Village Center at the 1954...
This paper examines the contribution of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt (1905-1983), a British town planner, editor and educator, to the creation of a model Village Center at the International Exhibition of...
View ArticleResidence for Mr. A. P. Joshi
Location of Project: Ahmedabad. Year of completion: 1985 550 sq. meter single family three bedrooms and guest room house with 35 cm thick brick load bearing walls with vaulted intermediate concrete...
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Anant Raje: IIA – Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal
Architect Anant Raje was presented in January this year, the highest honour of the Indian Institute of Architects - the IIA - Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal 1993. To mark this occasion, we are featuring...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
View ArticleCitation: IIA – Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal 1993, Anant Raje
The work of Architect Anant D. Raje has made a profound impact on the Indian Architectural Scene. Belonging to the first generation of Post-Independence Architects, he has contributed enormously to the...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
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Response: IIA – Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal 1993
I feel greatly honoured in accepting the IIA Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for 1993 for Architectural contribution and feel grateful to the President of the Indian Institute of Architects and the Council...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
View ArticleResidence for Prof. Kulkarni
Year of completion: 1983 Location of project: Ahmedabad. 250 sq. meter single family two bedroom and guest room house. The construction is of 35 cm thick load bearing walls kept exposed with flush...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
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These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.Girish Dariyav...
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