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Modern Traditions: Contemporary Architecture in India 2007th Edition
Author(s): Klaus-Peter Gast (Author)
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
- Publication Date: March 29, 2007
- Edition: 2007th
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 3764377542
- ISBN-13: 9783764377540
Book Description
In its introduction, the book depicts the rise of modern architecture in India since independence in 1947. The main section describes the important tendencies of contemporary Indian architecture in thematic chapters, each with built examples. In addition to the new younger generation of Indian architects, it also considers the first post-independence generation, including Balkrishna Doshi and Charles Correa.
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About the Author
Klaus-Peter Gast (b. 1956) is an architect and building historian. He trained and taught at the Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig Technical University), obtaining his doctorate in 1995 with a dissertation on “Das Indian Institute of Management von Louis I. Kahn. Zur Darstellung des Systems figürlicher Geometrie” (“The Indian Institute of Management of Louis I. Kahn: Representing the System of Figurative Geometry”). Research trips to Rome, Paris, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Ahmedabad, and Dhaka; lectures etc. in Berlin, Hanover, Philadelphia, Bangkok, and Venice. Numerous publications.
The author is a leading authority on Indian architecture who has lived in India since 1997
