num_pages: 468
description: Achyut Kanvinde – Akar is a monograph on the life and works of Achyut Kanvinde, one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture in India with a professional career spanning five decades. Celebrated as the father of campus planning in India, some of Kanvinde’s better-known projects include the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; National Dairy Development Board Campus, Anand; National Institute of Bank Management and National Insurance Academy, Pune; Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai; and National Science Centre and the ISKCON Temple in Delhi. Of the large number of projects designed under the aegis of Kanvinde Rai &amp; Chowdhury, this book deals primarily with 45 selected works that the authors felt best represent the firms oeuvre. A compilation of unrealised projects, research studies, competitions, working drawings, and an exhaustive chronology complete the monograph.Conceived and edited by Tanuja and Sanjay Kanvinde, Akar contains several articles written by Achyut Kanvinde in addition to essays by professionals and academicians – Ashok Lall, Narendra Dengle, Miki Desai, and Sanjay Kanvinde. The Foreword for the book has been written by renowned architect and Kanvinde’s contemporary Dr B.V. Doshi. The design concept and layout for the monograph has been developed by Sunita Kanvinde.
language: English
title: Achyut Kanvinde – Akar
publisher: Niyogi Books