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Introduction:
When anyone of us think or utter the word
Architecture, suddenly the things that comes
into our minds are buildings. And mostly
those are ancient, historical or more recently
built modern but the magnanimous or famous
buildings which are worth seeing, worth visiting
and worth remembering. Being an Indian and
being an Indian Architect-town planner I always
wanted to create such memorable buildings,
which the world will recon.
I always wonder, after more than 60 years of
independence what has Modern Indian
Architecture given to the International World of
Architecture and Planning. For that, the simple
confirmative test is to get the answer for the
question Why any Tourist visits India? The
Answers are but obvious we all know. But not
to see any modern buildings which any Indian
Architect has created on the mother land. Most
recently one of our state tourism minister said
in his speech while inaugurating one tourist
spot that We all know the tourist do not
come to the state for seeing good buildings
because that they have already seen that in the
other parts of the world, .. When I listened
to it on television, I really felt shame on our
system, and also the performance and role of
our architects.
It has been more than 60years we have been
independent, still we are applauding ourselves
Author: Ar. G. Venkatesh is a practicing architect-planner, with expertise in Housing sector since last 15 years and runs his
organization Sahastraksh Consultant, Bhopal MP India. He is a graduated from MACT (now MANIT) Bhopal (MP) and did his Post
Graduation in planning (specialization in Housing) from School of Planning CEPT University Ahmedabad
Gujarat. He is also a visiting faculty of Housing & Architectural Design at School of Planning CEPT University
Ahmedabad, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Bhopal and Maulana Azad National Institute of
Technology (MANIT) Bhopal. He is also the chairman of publication committee Madhya Pradesh Institute of
Town Planners. He is one of the panelists as practicing Architect-Town planner for evaluation of large
townships in Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and doing project viability & suitability study for sites
indentified by Government under IDSMT Scheme in Madhya Pradesh Vikas Pradhikaran Sangh (MPVPS).He is also the member
of American Planning Association.
Contact the author at - hr.research@sahastraksh.com or www.sahastraksh.com