TY - BOOK T1 - Looking through Walls: Architecture in the age of McDonalds Y1 - 2001 A1 - Bhatia, Gautam KW - 20th Century Architecture in South Asia KW - Architectural Space KW - Satire AB -

Architecture in India carries a difficult burden. In a country, where situations and problems achieve a despairing magnitude, is there a way of thinking of architecture, other than as mere problem solving? Should architecture even innovate towards problems? Should it remit to finding solutions to the Bhopal Gas tragedy? Should artistic effort be directed towards making, not just adequate, but thoughtfully imaginative houses for those who need shelter from a cyclone in Orissa?

CY - New Delhi, India J1 - Satire ID - AZ-CF-21694 ER -