02216cam a22002415 4500 12398 12398 OSt 20240116143806.0 220929s2022 ii 0|| 0 eng d 9789394501010 724.6 BHA Bhatia, Gautam. Resurgent Modernism : the architecture of Namita Singh. Ahmedabad : Mapin Publishing, 2022. 228 pages There have been significant sustained professional practices in the city since the seventy years following its inception that have taken architecture into a modern Indian direction.0A book on the works of Namita Singh is long overdue. Her Chandigarh-based practice, has delivered a range of buildings?including educational institutes, offices, commercial projects, housing, heritage and restoration works, private homes and interiors?all across India. While much of her work is in tune with a contemporary modernism, she has always drawn on local values and technologies for its generic expressions. Having set up a practice barely a decade after independence, Namita belongs to the generation of architects who participated in the country?s rapid development, providing a range of infrastructure projects for a society in the making, its institutions and cities.0How does one assess the overall work of a five decade-long practice that has succeeded in creating monumental public works but also those of a fine-tuned residential scale, each structure dedicated to a precise ideal, conscious of environment and technology, scope and purpose? Foremost is the inclusion of work that illustrates principles the architect uses to build. Second, projects that clearly demonstrate a conceptual unity to an idea or design as well as those that are part of the stylistic consistency of the firm. The accompanying pictures tell a parallel story and lend value to the breadth of the varied projects presented and of a practice informed by inquiry. Singh, Namita (Architect) Architecture India Chandigarh. Building India Chandigarh. Architecture. fast Building. fast India Chandīgarh. fast ddc 0 0 ddc 0 724_600000000000000_BHA 0 BMSCA BMSCA 2024-01-16 1 1125.00 0 724.6 BHA AR-UG3660 2024-01-16 00:00:00 1500.00 2024-01-16 UG