Sector 17, unbuilt PTT building
Here are the drawings of the unbuilt 11 storey building in Sector 17. [...]
Articles by Vikram
Book Release THE ARCHITECTURE OF SHIVDATT SHARMA
Architecture of Shivdatt Sharma by Vikramaditya Prakash First book of the Modernism in India Series Architecture of Shivdatt Sharma (Mapin Publishing Ahmedabad, India) is released, by Mr. K. K. [...]
Chandigarh and World Heritage
The discussion continues. The latest news report is HERE [...]
Role of S&M cities in the Arab Spring
“On the 17th of December 2010 Muhammed Bouazizi set himself on fire and precipitated protests that spread throughout Tunisia and then the region. Bouazizi’s protest suicide took place not [...]
S and M Urbanism
Small and mid-sized cities are where most of the urban growth will take place in the coming decades. Yet literature tends to focus only on X and XL cities. Mega-cities, I would submit, capture the [...]
Cityscapes – Chandigarh – YouTube
Cityscapes – Chandigarh – YouTube. Here is a recent video made by the Government of India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Chandigarh….the official party line. [...]
Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, archival image
Source: Uploaded by user via Vikramāditya on Pinterest An archival image of the chairs of Tagore Theatre, with the architect, Aditya Prakash, sitting in them watching a play – he is in the [...]
Should Chandigarh have an elected administration?
VIDEO PART I VIDEO PART II Its mostly in Hindi and Panjabi, but this is a good discussion on representative democracy, and lack of, in Chandigarh. Historical issues, specifically the creation of [...]
Assembly Model
Here is a video of the dis-assembly of a model of Le Corbusier’s Assembly building. The model was made by a class of students in a seminar on Indian Modernism. I have matched the video to [...]
Chandigarh to have major rail linkage?
So, it seems, according to this article in Times of India. [...]
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