Wednesday, November 08, 2006

the introduction of modernism in india

. golconde, pondicherry, tamilnadu, southeast india


















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a dormitory for aurobindo ashram constructed in 1942 . designed by george nakashima and antonin raymond . one of the very first cast-in-place, reinforced concrete building in india . environmentally sensitive, uncompromising construction standards
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more: www.aia.org/SiteObjects/files/Gupta_color.pdf
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1 Comments:

Blogger chairmann said...

golconde is an amazing building. And George nakashima was an equally amazing person

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