A year has passed since the fateful day when the edifice of architecture itself was brutally returned to dust by the hand of authority. The
After reading Prem Chandavarkar’s article about the true meaning of Heritage, PMO decides to rebuild the Hall of Nations in its original form.
Kaiwan Mehta’s article in Saturday’s (May 13, 2017) edition of Mint / Lounge was an unusual amount of newspace given to design and more specifically
Both erasure and inscription are equal instruments in the production of culture – what happens in the aftermath of the destruction of one of the most prominent icons of Independent India?
Indian Institute of Architects, Northern Chapter and School of Planning and Architecture organised a meeting to discuss the issue related to the demolition of the Hall of Nations, at Pragati Maidan.
..how important really is architecture for society? Is it important enough that it starts influencing the fabric of our existence, or negligible enough if taken into account its temporary existential period? Is it that architects boasted the profession in past, just to seek importance, or was the profession really that powerful?
The much celebrated symbol of Modern Architecture in India – the Hall of Nations at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi – was demolished last night. We
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