TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benninger, Christopher
TI  - Letters to a young architect
SN  - 819215680X
U1  - 720 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Pune
PB  - CCBA Pvt. Ltd.
N1  - CONTENTS A Dedication  13 Foreword by Balkrishna Doshi  17 Prologue 21 Beginnings Letter 1:  Omens of A Magic Gift 35 Letter 2:  Legacy and Endowment: An Architect's Self Discovery  43 Letter3:  Five Lessons Life has Taught Me  61 Letter4:  An Uncertain Journey: The Education of an Architect 65 Conception to Realization Letter  5:  In Search of Architecture 73 Letter  6:  A Timeless Way of Living  79 Letter  7:  Architecture as a Social Tool  87 Letter  8:  The Design of Design  97 Letter  9:  Language and Pattern: The Mahindra United World College of India 105 Letter 10:  De-schooling Architecture  113 Letter 11:  Themes and Motifs in Architecture: The Dilemma of Style  117 Letter 12:  Back to Basics 121 Letter 13:  Looking Back and Forward  125 The Importance of Being Modern Letter 14:  Modern, Postmodern and the Intervention of the Effete 133 Letter 15:  Imagineering and the Creation of Space 145 Letter 16:  Why Europeans Sleep with their Dogs and Other Architectural Theories 159 Letter 17:  The Beautiful Velvet Box  167 Letter 18:  Le Corbusier: The Modern Project and the Challenge 171 In Search of the City Letter 19: The Principles of Intelligent Urbanism  181 Letter 20: The Challenge and the Response  185 Letter 21: Models of Habitat Mobility in Transitional Economies 195 Letter 22: Visions and Devices of Urban Form 203 Letter 23: Five Myths which Plague Urban India 209 Letter 24: Poverty Alleviation in Cities  219 Letter 25: Channels of Access to Shelter {Interview by Gargi Gupta, Business Standard) 231 Letter 26: An Interview to Harsh KabraofThe Hindu 241 Remembrances Letter 27: Acceptance Speech for the Great Master's Award  253 Letter 28: What Made Raje Laugh 257 Letter 29: Doshi at Eighty 261 Meanings Letter 30:  The Ordering Project 269 Letter 31:  The Importance of Curiosity  287 Glossary 301
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