Chandigarh'S Le Corbusier : The Struggle For Modernity in Postcolonial India
By
Vikramaditya Prakash
Contributor
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Item Type
Hardbound
Periodical
0
Serial
6372
Publisher
Mapin
Description
179
ISBN / ISSN No.
8185822990
Summay
The city of Chandigarh was erected from scratch in the Punjab after the independence of India. India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, invited the Le Corbusier, the French modernist, to serve as the chief architect of the city that was meant to shine as a beacon of India's entrance to Western modernity. Prakash (architecture and urban planning, U. of Washington), a native of Chandigarh, explores the history and legacy of Le Corbusier's and Nehru's sometimes conflicting visions as they are evidenced in the central plan of the city and the buildings of the state capitol. Central to the narrative is the conflict over the "Open Hand" monument, conceived by Le Corbusier as a monument to Nehru's nonalignment ideology, but nixed by Nehru in deference to political considerations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland
Keyword
Nek Chand's rock garden,
Accession No.
6372
Current Location
Neeti Bagh
Status
Available
Category
Architecture-India