{"product_id":"resurgent-modernism-the-architecture-of-namita-singh","title":"Resurgent Modernism: The Architecture of Namita Singh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maneesh Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48292842635417,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9377\/1673\/files\/rm.webp?v=1783495403","url":"https:\/\/maneeshbookshop.com\/products\/resurgent-modernism-the-architecture-of-namita-singh","provider":"Maneesh Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}