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Contemporary Architecture

"Contemporary Architecture." In Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition, edited by Carmen Kagal and MN Ashish Ganju. The Festival of India, 1986.

Keywords: Vistara (1986 Exhibition), Indian Architecture, Modernist Architecture in India, Festival of India and 20th Century Architecture in South Asia

Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition

  • Introduction
  • Manusha – Architecture as the measure of man
    • A Squatter Settlement, Bombay
    • Bamboo Structures of the Assam Region
    • Banni, Kutch
    • The ‘Pols’ of Ahmedabad
    • Urban Shrines, Bombay
  • Mandala – Architecture as a model of the cosmos
  • Kund-Vapi – Subterranean architecture
  • Islam – The Garden of Paradise
  • Manthana – The changing myth
  • ... three figures at this time exercised a powerful influence on events ...
  • Colonial – Architecture and the Raj
  • Fundamental Principles Underlying Indian Architecture
  • Parallel Structures: Ritual Dimensions of Some Tribal Dwellings
  • Contemporary Architecture
    • Modernity – Inventing the future
    • Roots – Culture as deep-structure
    • Looking Beyond – The start of a new Vistāra
    • Postscript, a Curatorial note to section on Contemporary Architecture
  • Talking to Architects
    • Le Corbusier: Acrobat of Architecture – B. V. Doshi interviewed by Carmen Kagal
    • Laurie Baker: Architect for the Common Man – An interview with Gautam Bhatia
    • M.J.P. Mistri: Descendant of Master Builders – Excerpts from an interview with Smita Gupta
    • Achyut P. Kanvinde - an interview with M.N. Ashish Ganju
  • The Audio-Visual : Excerpts from the Storyboard
    • The Audio-Visual - Films
  • Acknowledgements
  • Plan of exhibition

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  1. Postscript, a Curatorial note to section on Contemporary Architecture

    Ganju, MN Ashish. "Postscript, a Curatorial note to section on Contemporary Architecture." In Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition, edited by Carmen Kagal, 202. The Festival of India, 1986.

  2. Modernity – Inventing the future

    "Modernity – Inventing the future." In Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition, edited by Carmen Kagal and MN Ashish Ganju. The Festival of India, 1986.

  3. Roots – Culture as deep-structure

    "Roots – Culture as deep-structure." In Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition, edited by Carmen Kagal and MN Ashish Ganju. The Festival of India, 1986.

  4. Looking Beyond – The start of a new Vistāra

    "Looking Beyond – The start of a new Vistāra." In Vistāra - The Architecture of India, Catalogue of the Exhibition, edited by Carmen Kagal and MN Ashish Ganju. The Festival of India, 1986.

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