Title & Author:

Abundance not capital : the lively architecture of Anupama Kundoo / edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, and Architekturzentrum Wien.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press ; Vienna : Architekturzentrum Wien, [2025]
©2025

Description:

268 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Abundance Not Capital. Anupama Kundoo (September 11, 2025-February 16, 2026) at the Architekturzentrum Wien.
Includes bibliographical references.
Imagining architecture otherwise / Angelika Fitz and Elke Krasny -- Doing architecture otherwise -- Crafting experiments: The abundance of knowledge -- Local economies: The abundance of materials -- Beyond norms and standards: The abundance of solutions -- Experimental city: The abundance of aspirations -- Reinventing beauty: The abundance of differences -- Maintenance and care: The abundance of generosity -- Climate healing: The abundance of nature -- Soothing architecture: The abundance of regeneration -- Unreal city: Utopia and its afterlives / Ranjit Hoskote -- The legacy of women in modern architecture of India / Madhavi Desai -- Anupama Kundoo and a post-capitalist future / Peggy Deamer -- Constructing carbon colonialism: The body, the built environment, and the global politics of extraction / Laurie Parsons -- Architectural extractivism in times of post-accountability: A restorative approach / Charlotte Malterre-Barthes -- Drawing and building: Architecture and the global building industry / Jordan Carver -- Homing as a verb / Shumi Bose -- On maintenance / Shannon Mattern -- Feminist practices and architectures of care / Rupali Gupte.

Summary:

Angelika Fitz and Elke Krasny introduce the concept of abundance to call for a paradigm shift in architecture. Using as its example the exceptional work of architect Anupama Kundoo, this book shows that non-extractivist and non-exploitative architecture is undeniably possible. Kundoo, born in Pune, India, weaves together innovative technological experimentation and traditional crafts. With careful consideration of local resources, building skills, climate, and environment, she makes buildings that embody spatial beauty and graceful materiality. Abundance Not Capital is a manifesto for creating a future-forward, alternative architecture.

ISBN:

0262553120
9780262553124 (paperback)

Subject:

Kundoo, Anupama.
Architects India 21st century.
Sustainable architecture India 21st century.
Architectes Inde 21e siècle.
Architecture durable Inde 21e siècle.

Added entries:

Fitz, Angelika, editor.
Krasny, Elke, 1965- editor.
Architektur Zentrum Wien, editor.

Lively architecture of Anupama Kundoo

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322316
Call No.: 322316
Copy: 1
Status: Available