Open Letters

01.

Chandavarkar, Prem. An Open Letter to Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad In Musings on Architecture & Urbanism. Bengaluru, 2020.

a.

Chandavarkar, Prem. An Open Letter to Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad In Musings on Architecture & Urbanism. Bengaluru, 2020.

b.

Chandavarkar, Prem. IIM Ahmedabad: The Mask of Heritage Consciousness In Musings on Architecture & Urbanism. Bangalore, 2022.

c.

Chandavarkar, Prem. Errol D’Souza’s Dilemma In Musings on Architecture & Urbanism. Bangalore, 2023.

02.

Mehta, Jaimini. Architecture Belongs to Humanity: The amputation of IIM Ahmedabad. Vadodara, 2020.

03

Shah, Kirtee. Kirtee Shah, correspondence with the Director, IIM Ahmedabad and others In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Ahmedabad, 2021. (with a subsequent letter to IIM Board of Governers)

04.

An appeal from the International Design Community to IIM Ahmedabad to stop the demolition of dormitories designed by Louis Kahn, Edited by Sarosh Anklesaria, Shubhra Raje and Riyaz Tayyibji. New York, 2020.


Letters from Non-Governmental Organisations and Professional Associations

01.

ICOMOS, to Chairman, Governing Council, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. ICOMOS, 2021.

a.

ICOMOS Heritage Alert [renewed] - Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) Old Campus In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others., 2022.

02.

Concern regarding proposed demolition and redesign of Dormitory buildings of the Old Campus of IIM-A. New Delhi: ICOMOS India, 2020.

03.

Idea & EOI for Proposed Demolition Works of the Dormitory Buildings of the Louis Kahn Designed Campus. INTACH Gujarat State, 2020.

04

Concern regarding proposed demolition and redesign of Dormitory buildings of the Old Campus of IIM-A. New Delhi: ICOMOS India, 2020.


Letters from Faculty of Architecture Alumni Association and students

01.

Issue of the Proposed Demolition Plan of the Dorm Buildings on the IIMA Campus Designed by Louis Kahn. Faculty of Architecture Alumni Association (FAAA), 2020.

a.

Datta, Sambit. To Director, IIMA In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Perth, Australia, 2020.

 

b.

G, Jayakrishnan. Subject: Proposed demolition of of Heritage Dormitory Blocks at IIMA In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Singapore, 2020.


Council of Architecture, India

01.

Khan, Habeeb. Dormitories at IIM, Ahmedabad. New Delhi: Council of Architecture, 2020.

Letters from International Community in response to a call by the Council of Architecture (India)

a.

Smith, Jeremy. From Jeremy Smith to Director, IIM Ahmedabad on 5th January In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. New Zealand, 2021.

b.

Chaslin, François. Save Louis Kahn Dormitories at IIM, Ahmedabad In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Paris, 2021.

c.

Oubrerie, Jose. Save Louis Kahn Dormitories at IIM, Ahmedabad In IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. United States, 2021.

d.

Fuksas, Massimiliano, and Doriana Mandrelli. Letters from International Community in response to a call by the Council of Architecture (India) In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Rome, 2020.

e.

Moss, Eric Owen. Save IIM Dormitories, Ahmedabad In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Culver City, CA, 2021.

  f.

Lacaton, Anne. Ref: Recognise Louis Kahn Dormitories and IIM, Ahmedabad as Universal Heritage In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Paris, 2020.

g.

Holl, Steven. To President, Council of Architecture In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. New York, 2020.

h.

Lefaivre, Liane, and Alexander Tzonis. Save Louis Kahn Dormitories at IIM, Ahmedabad In Letters urging the IIM, Ahmedabad to sustain the restoration process to preserve the works of Louis I. Kahn and others. Paris, 2021.