Issues and Possible Solutions
Technical institutions and university departments offering technical courses are presently faced with the challenge of meeting the steadily escalating cost of salaries, materials and services,...
View ArticleBechelor of Planning Programme Four-Year Full-Time Course
Table of Contents 01INTRODUCTION0102 ABOUT THE SCHOOL0303 COURSES OFFERED0404 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL PLANNING0405 BACHELOR OF PLANNBechelor of Planning Programme Four-Year Full-Time Course....
View ArticleArchitectural Expression and the National Policy
The Government has been thinking in terms of formulating a national policy on Architecture. There should be strong opposition towards this as such a policy would restrict the natural growth of...
View ArticleAmar Nath Sehgal vs Union Of India (UoI) And Anr. on 21 February, 2005
1. Copyright is one of the three main branches of the traditional law of intellectual property, along with patent law and trade mark law. Overshadowed historically by the economic worth of patents and...
View ArticleCivic Design: The City Beautiful
In recent times there has been a lot of talk about the abolition of death penalty. The main point put forward by the advocates of abolition is that, should there be a mistake in judgement, there is no...
View ArticleInaugural Address by Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister
Mr. Chairman and friends, I have come here for a brief while this morning just to wish those people attending this Seminar and specially our younger architects, success in their talks here, meaning...
View ArticleLandscape Design
IntroductionThe practice of landscape design has shown a tremendous popular appeal all over the world, notably in America, England, Europe and Japan. We see landscaped homes and buildings. designed...
View ArticleRural Architecture
BackgroundWe are so intensely absorbed with the problems of the city and consequently so completely cut off from the village and the civic problems of the villagers, that the very idea of rural...
View ArticleArchitectural Expression
Architectural expression is a wide term covering not only the outward manifestation of the inner purpose of a building or a group of buildings, i.e., an expression and indication of the total building...
View ArticleThe Future Results of British Rule in India
London, Friday, July 22, 1853I propose in this letter to conclude my observations on India.Marx, Karl."The Future Results of British Rule in India."New-York Daily Tribune (1853).
View ArticleFormulation of National Policy—Architectural Expression
The subject of the paper is “Formulation of National Policy with regard to Architectural Expression”. Architecture may be simply defined as the synthesis of art and technology of building, an attempt...
View ArticleA Plea for Freedom
The amount of building work that is being done in the country today is something that gladdens every architect’s heart. But what is less gladdening is the fact that our entire system of building...
View ArticleArchitectural Expression
In the development of a contemporary architecture we are passing through a transitional phase in our country when it is imperative for us to pause and give due thought, whilst we arc still at this...
View ArticleFormulation of National Policy (with special reference to Architectural...
General IntroductionIs it possible to formulate a National Policy for Architecture, and secondly, to discuss this subject from the standpoint of Architectural Expression?Pradhan, Ramesh...
View ArticleArchitectural Expression and National Policy
Much of our thinking in India about architecture is distorted today by two different kinds of response to what is known as modern architecture. People either express passionate fondness for it or...
View ArticleEffect of Culture on Architectural Expression
Before we discuss the effect of Culture on Architecture, we wilt first try to understand the true meaning of the words civilization, culture and architecture. It would be impudent on my part to explain...
View ArticleArchitect and Society
The consideration of the place of an architect in the society primarily needs a historical review of his position in the society. In the pre-historic days architecture was a popular art, as it was...
View ArticleMinute on Indian Education of February 1835
As it seems to be the opinion of some of the gentlemen who compose the Committee of Public Instruction that the course which they have hitherto pursued was strictly prescribed by the British Parliament...
View ArticleArchitect and Society
The Architect does not enjoy the confidence of the society. This statement is justified by the expressed opinion of tradesmen, builders, consulting engineers, the great majority of clients, i.e., the...
View ArticleArchitectural Education in India
Glimpse into the PastThe subject is comprehensive and divides itself into three parts: (i) Ancient Architectural, Education, (ii) Medieval Architectural Education and (iii) Modern Architectural...
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