The Building of a Modern India

How India forged a modern identity with its architects staying true to the country's ethos and values of an ancient civilisation

Aug 15, 2017, 06:31 IST6 min
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Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya AhmedabadLocated inside Sabarmati Ashram, the memorial museum, built in 1963, houses Mahatma Gandhi&rsquos books, letters and photographs.(Continued on next slide...
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Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya Ahmedabad Designed by Charles Correa, the structure reflects the austerity of Gandhi&rsquos life and is built with stone floors, brick walls, wooden doors, louvre...
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Sabarmati Ashram Ahmedabad The structure  reflects the significance Gandhi attributed to the village: The 51 modular units in the structure are asymmetrically grouped, with pathways and mee...
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Matrimandir Puducherry  Matrimandir, translating to &lsquothe dwelling of the Mother&rsquo, was designed by French architect Roger Anger on the invitation of Paris-born Mirra Alfassa&mdashk...
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Golconde Puducherry Hailed as the first modernist structure in India, this dormitory at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram was designed by architects Antonin Raymond and George Nakashima, and built b...
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GolcondePuducherry The dormitory was built by devotees of the ashram, some of whom also donated brass utensils, which were then melted and recast as fixtures. Nakashima, who was highly infl...
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Centre for Development StudiesThiruvananthapuramThe Centre for Development Studies (CDS) is an eloquent testimony to the cost-effective and environment-friendly architecture popularised by ...
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Vidhan BhavanBhopal The government of Madhya Pradesh commissioned the building of the state assembly in Bhopal in 1980, with Charles Correa as its designer. Construction began in 1983, and ...
Image by Charles Correa Associates
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High Court and Palace of JusticeChandigarh Designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, the structure is defined by its parasol-like roof and the three giant 60-feet tall columns in bri...
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Jawahar Kala KendraJaipur In the 17th century, Maharaja Jai Singh designed and built Jaipur based on the Vedic concept of vaastu-purush-mandala&mdasha square, subdivided into identical squa...
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India Habitat Centre New Delhi India Habitat Centre (IHC) was conceived by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (Hudco) and architect Joseph Stein as a space that would bring t...
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Lotus Temple New Delhi The Bahá&rsquoí House of Worship, popularly Lotus Temple, was designed by Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba and completed in 1986. The international governing body of ...
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