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Laurie Baker

Practice of Architecture and Relevance of Laurie Baker in Contemporary Professional Practice

Kirtee Shah’s keynote address for “Laurie Baker Birth Centenary Celebrations” interrogates the architectural profession’s fundamental disconnection from societal imperatives, using Laurie Baker’s praxis as a framework for examining contemporary professional alienation and proposing transformative pedagogical and practice-based interventions within India’s built environment crisis.

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India's Housing Crisis: Imitation of the developed cities Source 2: https://www.teoalida.com/world/india/

One-Metre Square, Open

The essay is structured to relate the ongoings of a city with its upbringing and the past. The trends in Mumbai and the construction it withstands, inspires plenty. Yet, this essay breaks down the complexity of the growth of a city, chasing the mindsets and intentions of a human mind. The author attempts to bring forth her point of view not as an argument, but as a simple, basic, fundamentals of humanity, which eventually leads to every creation that exists. This essay by Kanchi Parmar is among the special mentions.

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An Infinity of Traces | Charles Correa, by H. Masud Taj

This article was part of the published book- Icons, a tribute to Independent India’s sixty years and 20 greatest living personalities who set exemplary examples for the nation. The book’s editor Anil Dharker found H. Masud Taj’s essay on Charles Correa and the journey of post-independence architecture “erudite, readable, provocative and comprehensive.

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Palika Kendra Building by Kuldip Singh Architect

Independent India’s Architecture at 75: From the Past, Onto the Present

While the rich and dynamic history of Art and Architecture in India has always received admiration, little focus has been on appreciating that of post-independence. This article attempts to bridge this gap by crediting the past 75 years out of thousands of years of Indian Art and Architecture and paying homage to the constantly evolving Architectural landscape of Independent India.-Megha Pande | ArchitectureLive!

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