Main entry:

Correa, Charles, 1930-2015, author.

Title & Author:

A place in the shade : the new landscape & other essays / Charles Correa.

Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2012]
©2012

Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps, plans

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro -- Imprint -- Title -- A Place In The Shade -- Introduction -- Architecture -- Hornby Trains, Chinese Gardens and Architecture -- The Assembly at Chandigarh -- A Place in the Sun -- The Public, the Private and the Sacred -- Museums: An Alternate Typology -- What One Learned from Corbusier -- The Mythic Image -- Zero -- Planning -- Goa: Planning for Tourism -- The Point of Balance -- Public Transport as DNA -- The Tragedy of Tulsi Pipe Road -- Tehelka Interview: Managing Our Cities -- The Ideal City -- An Urban Manifesto -- Education and Ideas -- Learning from Ekalavya
Make Sure It's Your Train -- In Search of Brunel -- The Making of the Mahatma -- The Quest for the Hindu Garden -- Roots and Bridges -- Ayodhya: An Architecture That Unites Us -- The New Landscape -- Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Introduction to the Original Edition of 1985 -- Urbanization -- Space as a Resource -- Equity -- Mobility -- Great City ... Terrible Place -- Disaggregating the Numbers -- Political Will -- Scanning the Options -- Sources and Acknowledgements -- Photo Credits -- Glossary

Summary:

Charles Correa (*1930 in Secunderabad) has played an instrumental role in the shaping of postcolonial architecture in India. He has also been a pioneer in addressing crucial issues of housing and urbanization in the Third World, including the proliferation of squatters. This anthology assembles a selection of essays and lectures whose subjects range from the metaphysical to the decidedly pragmatic and deal with architecture, urban planning, landscape, and individuals such as Le Corbusier, Isambard Brunel, and Mahatma Gandhi. It also contains a reprint of his seminal book The New Landscape (1985), long out of print, on urban development in the Third World. Correa has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and the Japanese Praemium Imperiale. Language: English CHARLES CORREA (1930-2015) played a pivotal role in the shaping of postcolonial architecture in India. He has also been a pioneer in addressing crucial issues of housing and urbanization in the Third World, including the proliferation of squatters.

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ISBN:

9783775734028 (electronic bk.)
3775734023 (electronic bk.)
9783775734011
3775734015

Subject:

Urbanization India.
Architecture India.
Urbanisation Inde.
Architecture Inde.
ART.
Architecture
Urbanization
India