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Women Architects and Modernism in India

Narratives and contemporary practices

Madhavi Desai author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:18th Apr '19

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Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Writing their experiences into the narrative of mainstream architectural history wit

'...this book is a stellar effort, simply for brining visibility to the unsung women architects of India...it is a long overdue publication for a subject that has been left unattended for too long and as the author also hopes in her conclusion that perhaps this will trigger off more work and research into this area.'

Anubha Kakroo, Insite Review

ISBN: 9780367177430

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 798g

430 pages