The Architecture of Corbusier and Kahn in the East: A Philosophical Inquiry (Mellen Studies in Architecture, V. 3)

Le Corbusier and Kahn put India and Bangladesh on the map of modern global architecture in the 1950s and 1960s. Calcutta-born Banerji evaluates the last works of these Modernist Movement masters from cultural as well as architectural perspectives. He discusses tools of composition; and presents a Kahn case study from India to Indiana, and interviews (undated) with three leading Bangladeshi and Indian architects. Illustrations range from a mosque and government buildings in Bangladesh to a theater in Fort Wayne. The author teaches urban design, design studios, and history of architecture of the East and West at the U. of Waterloo. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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