Concept and Responses - Architectural Design Competition for IGNCA

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CONCEPT AND RESPONSES

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, NEW DELHI

1992, 184pp, line drawings, col. and b&w plates, gloss, ISBN: 0-944142-18-4, Rs. 1200 (HB)

This book reflects the vast range of responses and Cultural approaches to a unique architectural challenge the designing of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), a sprawling cultural complex that will cover a 10-hectare site in New Delhi. The international competition for the IGNCA design drew 194 entries from 37 countries and carried an award of Rs. 10,10,000.00

Presented here are approximately 50 of the proposals, of which the first five prize-wining entries are set forth in some detail. The selection was made by the eminent architect A. P. Kanvinde, a former student of Walter Gropius at Harvard and a member of the IGNCA Jury.

Beyond the purpose of documentation, this book serves as an encyclopaedia of ideas and information for architects and builders throughout the world. A Preface describes the programme and critically analyses the overall nature of the entires. Drawings an photographs of models accompany texts explaining and commenting on the special qualities of each proposal.

Copublisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad



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