India : modern architectures in history / Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scriver, Peter, author.

Srivastava, Amit, author.

Series:

Modern architectures in history.

Modern Architectures in History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--India--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2015.

Summary:

A place of astonishing contrasts, India is home to some of the world's most ancient architectures as well as some of its most modern. It was the focus of some of the most important works created by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, among other lesser-known masters, and it is regarded by many as one of the key sites of mid-twentieth century architectural design. As Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava show in this book, however, India's history of modern architecture began long before the nation's independence as a modern state in 1947.               Going back to the nineteenth century, Scriver and Srivastava look at the beginnings of modernism in colonial India and the ways that public works and patronage fostered new design practices that directly challenged the social order and values invested in the building traditions of the past. They then trace how India's architecture embodies the dramatic shifts in Indian society and culture during the last century. Making sense of a broad range of sources, from private papers and photographic collections to the extensive records of the Indian Public Works Department, they provide the most rounded account of modern architecture in India that has yet been available. 

Contents:

Cover

India: Modern Architectures in History

Imprint Page

Contents

Introduction

One: Rationalization: The Call to Order, 1855-1900

Two: Complicity and Contradiction in the Colonial Twilight, 1901-1947

Three: Nation Building: Architecture in the Service of the Postcolonial State, 1947-1960s

Four: Regionalism, Institution Building and the Modern Indian Elite, 1950s-1970s

Five: Development and Dissent: The Critical Turn, 1960s-1980s

Six: Identity and Difference: The Cultural Turn, 1980s-1990s

Seven: Towards the 'Non-modern': Architecture and Global India since 1990

References

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 3, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78023-468-6

OCLC:

973190005