Main entry:

Prakash, Vikramaditya.

Title & Author:

The architecture of Shivdatt Sharma / Vikramāditya Prakāsh ; foreword by Balkrishna V. Doshi.

Publication:

Ahmedabad : Mapin Pub., 2012.

Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Series:

Modernism in India series

Notes:
"Simultaneously published in the United States of America in 2012 by Grantha Corporation ..."--Title page verso.
1. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, CHANDIGARH -- Art College Hostel -- Central Scientific -- Instruments Organisation -- Club House for Golf Course -- State Guest House -- Gurudwara, Sector 19 -- Technical Teachers' Training Insititute -- Museum of Science -- Som Dutt's Residence -- LIG Housing -- 2. DEPARTMENT OF SPACE -- Vikram Sarabhai Hall -- Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant -- Control Facility -- Pressure Transducers Unit -- VSSC Central School -- 3. PRIVATE PRACTISE -- Pracheen Kala Kendra
Carmel Convent School -- Tribune Model School -- Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER -- Advanced Pedriatic Centre, PGIMER -- New OPD Block, PGIMER -- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research -- Convention Centre, SGPGIMS -- Cricket Stadium -- Navjeevan Church -- Bamboo Museum -- DLF Shopping Plaza -- Institute of Microbial Technology -- Amod Gupta's Residence.

Summary:

Shivdatt Sharma (b. 1931) is one of the most prolific Indian modernist architects. Starting out as an architect in the Chandigarh Capital Project Team led by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Sharma subsequently became Chief Architect of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He then went into private practice. Sharmas architecture is a distinct blend of the core principles of Modernism, interpreted through the lens of contemporary Indian realities. Modernism was adopted as both symbol and instrument of nation-building in Nehruvian India. Working alongside designers and artists, architects went to work building innumerable small townships, universities, public institutions, housing estates and infrastructural projects across the country. Progressive businesses also patronized Modernism as full participants in the project of nation-building. The Modernism in India Series documents the extensive heritage of Modernism and modern architecture in India. Bringing to light the work of a forgotten generation, this series documents work that is currently under threat by the forces of globalization. This well-illustrated book documents Sharmas work from the early days, when it was a part of the experimental and innovative ethos of Chandigarh, to the present. He has designed for a range of public and private clients across the world. Along with a portfolio of selected works, this book includes critical essays, interviews and a chronology of projects.

ISBN:

9781935677222
1935677225
9788189995676
8189995677

Subject:

Sharma, Shivdatt, 1931-
Architecture India.
Building India.
Architecture Inde.
Construction Inde.
Architecture.
Building.
India.

Added entries:

Sharma, Shivdatt, 1931-
Modernism in India series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282379
Call No.: BIB 219814
Status: Available