“Certainly, architecture is concerned with much more than just its physical attributes. It is a many-layered thing. Beneath and beyond the strata of function and structure, materials and texture, lie…
The term Nation Building ascribes to the idea of planning and designing architecture that is pertinent to a particular country/nation. In other words, it is a proposal to conceive a…
Chandigarh: the planned modernist city of India, designed by one of the greatest architects of the 20th Century: Le Corbusier. The Brutalist materiality in a few of Chandigarh’s most iconic…
“Let this be a new town, symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions of the past, an expression of the nation’s faith in the future” -Jawaharlal Nehru about Chandigarh. The…
When studying Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh, the other names that pop up are Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry, and Jane Drew. Seldom is the name of Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the first qualified…
One of the finest of the planned city in the world, Chandigarh has been an inspiration for many architects and designers around the globe for many decades. It was planned…
One of the earliest planned cities of post-independence India, Chandigarh was designed by Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. The city is a strong reflection of colonial rule, in its layout and…
