On August 12, 2008 city of Chandigarh (India) lost an eminent architect, designer, painter, a theater enthusiast, academician, Le Corbusier’s associate. He was Ar. Aditya Prakash.
News Release- Aditya Prakash, Indian Modernist
He was on his way to Mumbai for staging the play Life Never Retires, created by G.S. Channi, in which he played the central [...]
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Aditya Prakash: The Indian Modernist
Posted in Architecture, News Ink, tagged Aditya Prakash, Architecture, Art, Chandigarh, India, Indian Modernist, Le Corbusier, Modern Architecture, Nehru, news, Painter, Paintings, Theatre on August 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
Posted in Architecture, Culture, News Ink, tagged Architecture, Art, Eva Jiricna, Fashion, Frank Gehry, London's Somerset House, news, Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, Prada, Rem Koolhass, Skin + Bones, Technology, Zaha Hadid on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The idea of designers and architects working together is nothing new, from the Tokyo store collaboration between Prada and Rem Koolhaas to Hussein Chalayan’s techno virtuosity in morphing dresses into chairs.
We all live in buildings and wear clothes. Traditionally, fashion and architecture have remained quite distinct. However, since 1980s the two disciplines have become closer [...]
Painted towns of Shekhawati: Colors in sand
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Historic Preservation, Peoples' Places, tagged Architecture, Art, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Frescoes, Heritage Hotels, Historic Preservation, History, India, Interiors, Life, Museums, Painter, Paintings, People, Photography, Places, Preservation, Rajasthan, Reuse, Time, Towns, Travel, Videos on February 12, 2008 | 7 Comments »
How big can you imagine an open air gallery to be? Well, here you are… 13, 785 sq. km [5130 sq. miles] of painted walls, havelis, palaces and forts in the vast expanse of the desert of Rajasthan in India. Town after town, street after street, home after home has been painted with frescoes depicting [...]







