Author: ed. Ameen Farooq
Place: Mumbai
Publisher: Marg Publications
Year: 1997
Pages: 119
ISBN: 81-85026-35-1
Subject: Architecture
Sub-Subject: Architecture History
Keyword: Landscapes Architecture, Architectural History
Classification: 720
Shelf: C3R3
Accession No: B374
Contents: Introduction Pre-Text: The Cultural Paradigm Contemporary Architecture and City Form Redefining the Paradigm Index
Abstract: This volume examines South Asia’s changing physical environment through architecture and urban form, highlighting how built spaces reflect diverse cultural identities across India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with reference to neighboring regions like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, and Uzbekistan. It explores the social and cultural dynamics shaping these transformations and the tension between tradition and modernity. Contributions from historians, urbanists, artists, and architects offer multidisciplinary perspectives, while the work of key contemporary architects is also discussed. The volume concludes by proposing a theoretical framework for an architecture of authenticity, aiming to ground design in regional identity and cultural context.