Brinda Somaya
WORKS & CONTINUITIESThis volume is a comprehensive monograph chronicling the personal and professional journey of the Indian architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya, from 1975 to the present.
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The book explores a cross-section of Somaya’s diverse typology of projects, including housing, institutions, conservation, urban design, social design and industrial works that represent a unique ‘non-stylistic’ grammar that has a sense of ‘order and appropriateness’. Situating her work in a broader context, the essays in this volume offer multiple perspectives on Somaya’s accomplishments, while the dialogues outline the concerns central to her work.
With Essays by Jon Lang, Porus Olpadwala, Mary Norman Woods and Ruturaj Parikh, and Dialogues with Arun Shourie, Kamu Iyer and Saryu Doshi.
Nandini Somaya Sampat, architect, interior designer and Director at SNK Consultants, is involved in all aspects of the design, coordination and execution of projects.
Ruturaj Parikh is a partner at Matter, an architecture and content firm based in Goa. Former Director of the Charles Correa Foundation, he works on architectural and curatorial projects.
Curated by Ruturaj Parikh
Contributions by James Polshek, Jon Lang, Mary Norman Woods,
Porus Olpadwala, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Arun Shourie, Saryu Doshi, Kamu Iyer
Essays by Jon Lang, Porus Olpadwala Mary Norman Woods and Ruturaj Parikh, and Dialogues with Arun Shourie, Kamu Iyer and Saryu Doshi.
Photographs by Ishita Parikh & Noshir Gobhai
Drawing and Illustration by Somaya and Kalappa Consultants Pvt. Ltd
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• On India
• Bhadli village and Vasant Vidyalaya
• Campus for Zensar Technologies
• The Cathedral & John Connon School
• Tata Consultancy Services Headquarters
• Working from Mumbai
• The Street
• The Community
• Jubilee Church
• Rajabai Clock Tower
• Architecture and Culture
• St Thomas Cathedral
• Nalanda International School
• Houses
• Club Mahindra Kumbhalgarh
• Campus for Goa Institute of Management
• The Significance of Brinda Somaya’s Work
• Humility and Fierce Resolve: The Making of a Compleat Architect
• The Empathetic Architect
• Brinda Somaya’s Practice and
Contemporary Architecture in India
• Epilogue
• Chronology
• Biodata
• Contributors
• Credits
| ISBN | 9789385360237 |
| Pages | 492 |
| Number of illustrations | 160 drawings |
| Size | 9.5 x 10.6" (242 x 270 mm), hc-plc |
| Date of Publishing | 2018 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Co-publisher(s) | Mapin in association with The HECAR Foundation |
| Rights Available | World rights |