Saving the modernist architecture of Louis Kahn’s IIM Ahmedabad dormitories
Saving the modernist architecture of Louis Kahn’s IIM Ahmedabad dormitories
Noor Dasmesh Singh (architect, urbanist and principal of award-winning NOOR Architects Consultants based in Chandigarh, India) discusses the threat posed to the dormitories at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Louis Kahn’s modernist architecture
Louis Kahn was invited to design IIM-A in 1962
As a World Heritage preservation controversy brews, the administration at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A), just a short time ago, was set to proceed with its plans to raze 14 out of the 18 dormitories in Louis Kahn’s modernist architecture complex for the Indian school. A row kicked off as the design community and citizens initiated a campaign against the decision of the management. It got support from global organisations and individuals including Pritzker Prize laureates, the Council
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US Ambassador Patrick Murphy (second from left) and culture minister Phoeurng Sackona (third from left) take a walk at Phnom Bakheng after the signing ceremony of US grants to assist preservation of temples in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces on Saturday. Orm Bunthoeurn
US funds Preah Vihear, Bakheng temple repairs
Sun, 17 January 2021
The US has provided $420,000 in grants for the repair and preservation of temples in Preah Vihear province and Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap.
A signing ceremony was held on January 16 at Phnom Bakheng with US ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona in attendance.