Le Corbusier's Chandigarh Revisited: Preservation as Future Modernism

Author:   Vikramaditya Prakash
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   156
Publication Date:   20 October 2023
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Author:   Vikramaditya Prakash
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9781032447254


ISBN 10:   1032447257
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   20 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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1. Introduction: The Modernist City in the Age of Globalization 2. Ecology: Hydrology and Modernist Master-Planning 3. Democracy: Symbolism at the Capitol Complex 4. Information Technology: The Genealogy of the Museum of Knowledge 5. Notes Towards an Indian Future Modernism

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Vikramaditya Prakash (BArch, Panjab University, India; MA, PhD, Cornell University, USA) is Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle, with Adjunct appointments in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning and in Digital Arts and Experimental Media. Vikram is host of the ArchitectureTalk podcast and co-design lead of the conceptual design practice O(U)R: Office of (Un)certainty Research. His books include Chandigarh’s Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India; Colonial Modernities (co-edited with Peter Scriver); The Architecture of Shivdatt Sharma; Chandigarh: An Architectural Guide; One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash; Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial (co-edited with Maristella Casciato and Daniel Coslett); and A House Deconstructed (co-authored with Mark Jarzombek). Vikram was recognized as ACSA Distinguished Professor in 2021.

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