Contents
REVISITING CHANDIGARH: Introduction —Hasan-Uddin Khan
1. REVISITING CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh as an Urban Model: Appraisal and Prognosis —Kenneth Frampton
2. PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT MADE THE CITY: Nowicki and Chandigarh —Tadeusz Barucki
3. PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT MADE THE CITY: Le Corbusier: A Personal Reading —Balkrishna V. Doshi
4. PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT MADE THE CITY: The Early Days —Aditya Prakash interviewed by Vikramaditya Prakash
5. PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT MADE THE CITY: Imperial Chandigarh —Romi Khosla
6. LIFE IN THE CITY TODAY: Administering Chandigarh: Looking Back —Jagdish Sagar
7. LIFE IN THE CITY TODAY: Landscape and Open Spaces —Stephen White
8. LIFE IN THE CITY TODAY: Socio-Economic Change and the Poor —Madhu Sarin
9. LIFE IN THE CITY TODAY: Housing in the City —Sandhya Sood
10. THE IMPACT ON INDIA: What We Learned —Charles Correa
11. THE IMPACT ON INDIA: Le Corbusier and Indian Architects —Raj Rewal
12. THE IMPACT ON INDIA: Chandigarh and Urban India —Ravi Kalia
13. CRITIQUES AND SPECULATIONS: Re-urbanizing the City —Rodrigo P rez de Arce
14. CRITIQUES AND SPECULATIONS: The Dynamic City —Marius Reynolds
15. CRITIQUES AND SPECULATIONS: After the Diagram —Julian Beinart
16. CRITIQUES AND SPECULATIONS: Building on Chandigarh —Rajeev Kathpalia
17. CRITIQUES AND SPECULATIONS: The Next Growth —Charles Jencks
18. POSTSCRIPT: A Chandigarh Refresher —Ayesha Khan
Selected Bibliography
Note on the Authors
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Index
About the Publication
Chandigarh—the icon of modern city planning and Le Corbusier’s legacy—continues to hold many lessons for planning and architecture after over 55 years of its founding. This visually engaging monograph, through images and essays, l... Read More
