Contemporary Indian Architecture : Housing and Urban Development/edited by M.N. Joglekar and S.K. Das. 1995, 112 p., col. photos, diagrams,

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. Housing for the poor: site and services approach/B.V. Doshi. 2. A context for design/S.K. Das. 3. Emerging trends in low income housing design--cluster planning: some design guidelines/M.N. Joglekar. II. Urban design: 1. Integrated urban design for the Andrews Ganj Community Centre, New Delhi. 2. Urban design for Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi. 3. Redensification of Pataudi House Complex, New Delhi: A study . 4. Riverfront development at Marine Drive, Cochin. 5. Habitat Complex, Dona Paula, Panaji, Goa. III. Building complex: The India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. 2. Guest houses at Andrews Ganj Community Centre, New Delhi. 3. August Kranti Bhawan at Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi. 4. Paryavas Bhawan, Bhopal. 5. City Hall, Jaipur. 6. Flower and vegetable wholesale market complex, Madras. 7. Research centre for CMC, Hyderabad. 8. Development of Lower Bazar, Simla. 9. Shopping arcade at Andrews Ganj Community Centre, New Delhi. 10. The Auroville Information--Reception Centre, Pondichery. 11. Commercial complex at Mog Lines, Indore. 12. Office building of development alternatives, New Delhi. IV. Planning: 1. Sattelite township at Sidhra-N-Majeen, Jammu. 2. Vinzol township, Ahmedabad. V. Housing: 1. Artists' village at Belapur, New Bombay. 2. Aranya township, Indore, MP. 3. Redensification of Mog Lines, Indore, MP. 4. Composite housing scheme at Maharajpura, Gwalior, MP. 5. Type-VI housing at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. 6. Type-V general pool housing at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. 7. Type-V general pool housing at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. 8. Neighbourhood planning and design: type-IV housing at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. 9. Transit flats at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. 10. Low income housing at Neemuch, MP. 11. Composite housing project at Sanpada, New Bombay. 12. Composite housing project at Kengiri, Bangalore. 13. Kashmir University staff housing at Mirzabagh, Srinagar. 14. Composite housing at Hasan, Karnataka. 15. Housing for gas victims, Bhopal. 16. Low income housing project at Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune. 17. Composite housing scheme, Jaipur. 18. Housing at Chitra Nagar, Madras. 19. Rehabilitation of earthquake victims at Latur, Maharashtra. 20. National games village project, Bangalore. 21. Staff housing for Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station, (MPEB), Bir Singhpur, Jabbalpur, MP. 22. In-Situ rehabilitation for earthquake victims, Latur, Maharashtra. Project details. Index.

"This publication covers 41 projects in the fields of 'urban design', 'building complex', 'planning' and 'housing', demonstrating the involvement of the leading architects of the country in the design of these projects, particularly in the areas of housing for the people in low income groups." (jacket)

[M.N. Joglekar is Executive Director, Housing and Urban Development Corporation.] No. 10274

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