Golconde

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Golconde

The Introduction of Modernism in India

Pankaj Vir Gupta, Christine Mueller, Cyrus Samii

Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment. With technical finesse and extraordinary craft, it offers a living testament to the original modernist credo - architecture as the manifest union of technology, aesthetics, and social reform. This book mirrors the exquisite meters of ennobling everyday routines in a modest setting. Exemplifies without bombast, a blending of the material with the spiritual, the inner environment with the outer, the local with the universal –with a gentle dignity and caring assurance. This book relates the story of its making, and in the process points to attitudes and ways of working which can guide the architect today. It is written and illustrated to beautifully convey the craftsman-like intensity necessary to achieve stillness and vibrancy in our environments. It offers an alternative way of understanding modernism in India heretofore dominated by the heroic monuments of post-independence architecture.

Publication date Size Format ISBN Printed · EN ISBN Ebook · EN Price Nov 2021 7.7 x 8.9 in. / 19,5 x 22,5 cm Softcover · 112 pages 978-1-63840-956-4 978-1-63840-816-1 $29.95 / €25 / £23

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