CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Foreword xi Author's Note xiii Section I: LIFE Baker's Contribution to Architecture 3 Influences 7 Context 18 The Craftsman's Legacy 25 The Architect's Home 30 Buildings and Practice 40 A Creative Contribution 66 Section II: WORK 73 Introduction 75 Mitraniketan77 Houses Commissioned by the Archbishop of Trivandrum 80 House for Aniruddhin 84 House for E. Namboodripad 86 House for Nalini Nayak 88 House for K.N. Raj 90 House for T.N. Krishnan 93 House for Dr P.K. Panikar96 House for Dr A. Vaidyanathan 98 House for T.C. Alexander 101 House for PJ. Thomas 105 House for Lt. Gen. S. Pillai107 House for R. Narayanan 110 House for Leela Menon112 House for P. Ramachandran115 House for Ravindranath 117 House for Abu Abraham 118 House for Varghese Jacob 121 House for K.V. George 123 House for Vasant Gawarekar 126 House for Beena Sarasan 129 House for Anna Mathew 132 House for K.O. Peter 135 House for S. Valiathan 138 A Residential Cooperative 139 House for K.J. Mathew 140 House for C.T. Sukumaran 142 House for P.K. Sivanandan 144 House for T. Sukhman 146 House for Lt. Col. John Jacob 148 House for Uma Devi 152 House for Vinay Kumar 755 Gate House for P.J. Joseph 157 Centre for Development Studies 160 Men's Hostel 165 Women's Hostel 169 Computer Centre 171 Loyola Chapel and Auditorium 174 Loyola Graduate Women's Hostel 179 St. John's Cathedral 183 Nalanda State Institute of Languages 189 Chitralekha Film Studio 192 Corpus Christi School 197 Children's Village 200 Fishing Village 202 Tourist Centre 205 Experimental Houses 208 Anganwadis 211 Nirmithi Kendra 2/5 Section III: WRITINGS 219 Writings 221 Baker on 'Laurie Baker' Architecture 225 Building Technology in Pithoragarh 234 Architectural Anarchy 238 Is a Modern Indian Architecture Possible? 242 Architecture and the People 246 The Industrial Designer and Housing 250 Does Cost-Reduction Mean Poor Quality? 254 We Need a Programme 257 Roofs for Roofless Millions 262 Proposal for a Core House 266 APPENDICES 269 Appendix 1: Introduction to Laurie Baker's Drawings and Sketches 2 71 Appendix 2: Laurie Baker's Cost-Reduction Manual 277 Appendix 3: A Letter to the Minister for Works and Housing 301 Notes and References 305 Index 308