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Golconde : the introduction of modernism in India /

Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment. With technical finesse and extraordinary craft, it offers a living testament to the original modernist credo, architecture as the manifest union of technology, aesthetics and social reform. Here exists an undiluted view of a wholly triumphant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gupta, Pankaj Vir (Author), Mueller, Christine (Architect) (Author), Samii, Cyrus (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Actar Publishers, 2021.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Dormitories > India > Puducherry.
Ashrams > India > Puducherry.
Modern movement (Architecture) > India.
Architecture, Domestic > India.
Puducherry (India) > Buidlings, structures, etc.
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Summary:Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment. With technical finesse and extraordinary craft, it offers a living testament to the original modernist credo, architecture as the manifest union of technology, aesthetics and social reform. Here exists an undiluted view of a wholly triumphant tropical Modernism, built during the tumultuous years of the Second World War.
Physical Description:107 pages : illustrations (some color), map, plans ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781638409564
1638409560