CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
The Journey Begins in Chandigarh 1
Lucknow and Learning 18
Father, Mother and I 30
How to Read a Building 37
On Writing 44
Temples and the South Indian Sojourn 51
Louis Kahn—Poetic Constructions 63
Books—The Best Friends 69
Appreciating Intangible Spaces 73
Music and its Divine Influence 80
The Sacred Geometry of Life 87
The Place of Poetry 91
The Practising of Architecture 95
Drawing 108
Courage and Subjectivity 113
The House We Live In 119
The Magic of Movies 124
Writings of Gautam Bhatia 127
Teaching Architecture 133
Michelangelo—The Sculpted Poet 137
Architectural Aesthetics Revisited 142
My Architecture and Me 149
Epilogue 156
Glossary Bibliography 163