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245	0	4	_aThe project of independence : _barchitectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985 / _c[edited by] Martino Stierli, Anoma Pieris, Sean Anderson.
246	3		_aArchitectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985
300			_a245 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : _billustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; _c32 cm
500			_a"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The project of independence: architectures of decolonization in South Asia, 1947-1985, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 20-July 2, 2022. Organized by Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson chief curator of architecture and design, The Museum of Modern Art; Anoma Pieris, ...; and Sean Anderson, ..."--Colophon.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-242).
520			_aSouth Asia holds a unique place among the many regions of the world where modern architecture was understood as both a tool for social progress and a global lingua franca in the second half of the 20th century. Following the end of British rule in 1947-48, architects in the newly formed nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (East Pakistan until 1971) and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) proposed a novel understanding of modernity, disrupting the colonial hierarchy of center and periphery by challenging modernism's universalist claims. Architecture offered multiple ways to break with the colonial past. Through the establishment of institutions that embodied the societal aspirations of the period, and the creation of new cities and spaces for political representation, South Asian architects produced a body of work in dialogue with global developments while advancing the theory and practice of low-cost, climatically and socially responsive design. Anchored by a newly commissioned portfolio of images from architectural photographer Randhir Singh, this catalog features essays by the curators and scholars in the field on subjects such as the politics of concrete, institution-building, higher education, housing, infrastructure and industry, landscape and design, as well as presentations of 17 projects from around the subcontinent. While several of the architects appearing in these pages have in recent years received monographic exhibitions, The Project of Independence marks the first attempt to consider their work within the ideological frameworks of its creation and the political context of the region as a whole.--Dust jacket.
648		7	_a1900-1999 _2fast
650		0	_aArchitecture and society _zSouth Asia _xHistory _y20th century _vExhibitions.
650		0	_aArchitecture _xPolitical aspects _zSouth Asia _xHistory _y20th century _vExhibitions.
650		0	_aModern movement (Architecture) _zSouth Asia _vExhibitions.
650		6	_aArchitecture _xPhilosophie _vExpositions.
650		6	_aArchitecture _zAsie méridionale _xHistoire _y20e siècle _vExpositions.
650		6	_aDécolonisation _zAsie méridionale _vExpositions.
650		7	_aArchitecture. _2fast
650		7	_aArchitecture _xPhilosophy. _2fast
650		7	_aDecolonization. _2fast
651		7	_aSouth Asia. _2fast
655		7	_aExhibition catalogs. _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast
655		7	_aExhibition catalogs. _2lcgft
700	1		_aStierli, Martino, _d1974- _eorganizer, _eeditor.
700	1		_aPieris, Anoma, _eorganizer, _eeditor.
700	1		_aAnderson, Sean, _d1972- _eorganizer, _eeditor.
710	2		_aMuseum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), _ehost institution, _epublisher.
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