Title & Author:

The project of independence : architectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985 / [edited by] Martino Stierli, Anoma Pieris, Sean Anderson.

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2022]
New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
©2022

Description:

245 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The project of independence: architectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 20-July 2, 2022. Organized by Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson chief curator of architecture and design, The Museum of Modern Art; Anoma Pieris, ...; and Sean Anderson, ..."--Verso of colophon page.
Includes bibliographical references.
The politics of concrete: industry, craft, and labor in the modern architecture of South Asia / Martino Stierli -- Institutionalizing sovereignty: designs for new universities / Anoma Pieris -- Portfolio: photographs / by Randhir Singh -- Cities and rehabilitation following partition in 1947 / Nonica Datta -- Infrastructure and industry / Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava -- Housing in a time of decolonization: architects and state patronage / Rahul Mehrotra -- The establishment of a field: architectural education / Farhan Karim -- "Planning and dreaming": architecture and the media / Devika Singh -- "Sheltered openness": the modern house / Kazi Khaleed Ashraf -- Architecture and environment / Prajna Desai -- Tryst with design / Saloni Mathur -- Marooned moderns: preservation and the long shadow of colonialism / Mrinalini Rajagopalan -- Golconde Guesthouse / Martino Stierli -- New Secretariat Building / Anoma Pieris -- "A house at Kandy, Ceylon" / Da Hyung Jeong -- India International Centre / Sean Anderson -- Islamabad / Sean Anderson -- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Municipal Stadium / Martino Stierli -- Polontalawa House / Anoma Pieris -- School of architecture, centre for environmental planning and technology / Sean Anderson -- Kamalapur Railway Station / Da Hyung Jeong -- Chittagong University / Sean Anderson -- Tangelle Bay Hotel / Anoma Pieris -- Centre for Development Studies / Sean Anderson -- Hall of Nations and Halls of Industries / Evangelos Kotsioris -- Anguri Bagh housing / Da Hyung Jeong -- Linear City / Evangelos Kotsioris -- "C" type mosque (Ahle-Hadith Mosque) / Evangelos Kotsioris -- National Cooperative Development Corporation Office Building / Martino Stierli.

Summary:

South Asia holds a unique place among the many regions of the world where modern architecture...was understood as a tool for social progress. Following the end of British rule in 1947/48, architects in the newly formed nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (East Pakistan until 1971) and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) proposed a novel understanding of modernity, disrupting the colonial hierarchy of center and periphery by challenging modernism's universalist claims. Architecture offered multiple ways to break with the colonial past. Through the establishment of institutions that embodied the societal aspirations of the period, and the creation of new cities and spaces for political representation, South Asian architects produced a body of work in dialogue with global developments while advancing the theory and practice of low-cost, climatically and socially responsive design. Anchored by a newly commissioned portfolio of images from architectural photographer Randhir Singh, this catalog features essays by the curators and scholars in the field on subjects such as the politics of concrete, institution-building, higher education, housing, infrastructure and industry, landscape and design, as well as presentations of 17 projects from around the subcontinent. While several of the architects appearing in these pages have in recent years received monographic exhibitions, The Project of Independence marks the first attempt to consider their work within the ideological frameworks of its creation and the political context of the region as a whole.--Dust jacket.

ISBN:

9781633451247 (hardback)
1633451240 (hardback)

Subject:

Architecture South Asia History 20th century Exhibitions.
Decolonization South Asia Exhibitions.
Architecture Philosophy Exhibitions.
Architecture Philosophie Expositions.
Architecture Asie méridionale Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Décolonisation Asie méridionale Expositions.
Architecture History South Asia Exhibitions. 20th century.
Architecture
Architecture Philosophy
Decolonization
South Asia.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Stierli, Martino, 1974- organizer, editor.
Pieris, Anoma, organizer, editor.
Anderson, Sean, 1972- organizer, editor.
Lowry, Glenn D., author of foreword.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, publisher.

Architectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315358
Call No.: 315358
Copy: 1
Status: Available