Modern Traditions

Contemporary Architecture in India

Klaus-Peter Gast (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2007
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
978-3-7643-7754-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2007
Zusatzinfo	116 b/w and 87 col. ill.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 280 mm
Gewicht	854 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	Hardcover, Softcover / Kunst/Architektur • HC/Kunst/Architektur • India /Architecture • Indien, Kunst; Architektur
ISBN-10	3-7643-7754-2 / 3764377542
ISBN-13	978-3-7643-7754-0 / 9783764377540
Zustand	Neuware