“Rabindra Bhawan, Delhi houses a host of apex government of India bodies for arts and culture, including, the offices of Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi & Sangeet Natak Akademi besides the Lalit Kala Akademi Art Gallery and is renowned structure…
“Triveni Kala Sangam is an important cultural and arts complex and education centre in New Delhi. Founded in 1950, by Sundari K. Shridharani, who was also its Founding Director, Triveni, as it is commonly referred, contains four art galleries, a…
“Gandhi memorial was to serve as a sensitive enhancement of an already existing Gandhian landscape of martyrdom at Rajghat. As the editors of Civic affairs observed, “over the years millions, from the common folk to distinguished foreign visitors…
“Rai Bahadur M.S. Oberoi founded his eponymous brand, the Oberoi Group, in 1934, and although the Delhi location was the fourth hotel in the company’s portfolio (there are now 32), it was the first that he actually had built from the ground up in an…
“The India International Centre (IIC) is a well-known non-official organization situated in New Delhi, India. It is a unique establishment that serves as a meeting place for cultural and intellectual offerings, while maintaining its non-official…
“The Palace of Assembly is a legislative assembly building in Chandigarh, India. It was designed by modernist architect Le Corbusier [1][2] It is a part of the Capitol Complex, which includes the Legislative Assembly, Secretariat and High Court. The…
“ CEPT University focuses on understanding, designing, planning, constructing and managing human habitats. Through its education, research and advisory activities, CEPT strives to improve the impact of habitat professions in enriching the lives of…
“Gandhi memorial museum designed by Charles Correa is located in the Ashram where the Mahatma lived from 1917 to 1930. Housing his books, letters and photographs, this modest and humanly scaled memorial uses brick piers, stone floors and tiled roofs…
“Gandhi Ghat was the first structure to be built as a memorial to the Father of the Nation. Habib Rahman had no contemporary example of such a structure to draw inspiration from, and no one available to guide me. However, Gandhiji's respect and love…
“ The Secretariat is the largest of the structures, and houses the headquarters of both the Punjab and Haryana governments. The Secretariat building is a long, horizontal concrete slab form, 254 meters long and 42 meters high, and marks the edge of…
general description: “Villa Shodhan (or Shodhan House) is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Building on his previous projects whilst integrating the traditional features of Ahmedabad design, the villa symbolizes Le Corbusier's domestic…
“Villa Sarabhai or Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1955. It was built with an austere interior, a typical Le Corbusier…
“Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) is a public engineering institution located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was declared to be an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act.
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