Raj Rewal in his office. Photo courtesy: Raj Rewal AssociatesRewal has likened the act to the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban. The decline of Indian architecture began, he says, when architecture competitions stopped being judged solely on merit. “I would say partly it’s because we are poor and don’t have the marketing ability or the financial clout of the developed nations,” says Rewal. Photo courtesy: Raj Rewal AssociatesRewal’s own modernism takes heed of traditional Indian architecture—that of cities like Fatehpur Sikri and Jaisalmer.

Source: Mint May 06, 2018 03:56 UTC