Architecture in India, Since 1990

This is an illustrated study of the architecture of post-1990 India, a period that marks the liberalization of the country’s economy and reflects the contradictions, glamour and displacement wrought by globalization and rapid economic mobility. Showcasing a complex construct of disparate adjacencies in which bizarre forms of coexistence characterize the built environment, it brings to life, with vivid illustrations, a transformation in the construction of identities, which range from the pan-national to those more fluid in their expression. Hybridity and pluralism reign over singular identities, their architecture being the mirror of the socio-economic as well as the political fabric of a nation-state.

Four distinct genres of architectural expression will be presented, and the proponents of each, supported by exceptional examples of their contemporary projects, introduced. Targeted at an international readership of academics, practising architects and students, the book will interest a vast audience of readers and collectors spanning multiple design disciplines as well as those who appreciate significant works on contemporary India.

Architects Featured

Romi Khosla Design Studio; Safdie Architects; Hafeez Contractor; Geodesic Techniques; Morphogenesis Serie Architects; HCP Design and Project Management; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; GMP Architects; RMJM; Herzog and de Meuron; Khanna Schultz; Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects; Sanjay Puri Architects; Zaha Hadid Architects; FXFOWLE; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Frederic Schwartz Architects; HOK; John Portman & Associates; Mindspace Architects; Kerry Hill Architects; Gautam Bhatia; Matharoo Associates; Raj Rewal Associates; Mathew & Ghosh Architects; Balkrishna Doshi; Design Combine; Studio Mumbai; Charles Correa Associates; Flying Elephant Studio; SPA Design; Samira Rathod Design Associates; Chandavarker & Thacker; Inform Architects; Jeeth & Natasha Iype; Arya Architects; Klaus Peter Gast; Leo Pereira; Anagram Architects; Dhiru Thadani; Laurie Baker; Biome Solutions; Revathi & Vasant Kamath; Yatin Pandya; Barefoot Architects & Bunker Roy; Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates; Ashok B Lall Architects; Hunnarshala; Anupama Kundoo; Dean DCruz; Nimish Patel; Inspiration; Benny Kuriakose; Development Alternatives; Suhasini Ayer; Nari Gandhi; Gerard DCunha; Didi Contractor; Vinu Daniel; Gayathri & Namith Architects; Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar; Shah & Dumasia; Construction Department of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Project Team: Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa & Sri Jagat Chandra Dasa and Smt Bhakti Lata Devi Dasi; Amma Bhagwana; Dr Prabhat Poddar; Roger Anger; Hiren Patel Architects; Ray Meeker; Sameep Padora