Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo [Paperback]

Talking Architecture(Revised Edition)is one of the latest additions in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. It focuses on the life, work, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India's leading contemporary architects. This revised edition includes an extended conversation between Rewal and Jahanbegloo and also about 40 additional visuals.Talking Architecture(Revised Edition)is one of the latest additions in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on the life, work, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India's leading contemporary architects, the dialogue flows effortlessly from Rewal's descriptions of his early life and experiences in Europe to discussions encompassing the aesthetic foundations of Indian architecture as well as the role of architecture in the twenty-first century. This revised edition includes an extended conversation between Rewal and Jahanbegloo and also about 40 additional visuals.Innovation and Tradition: The Architecture of Raj Rewal PART I: FROM HOSHIARPUR TO PARIS A Temple within SelfGandhi and the PartitionDiscovering ArchitectureDiscovering EuropeExploring TheatreAn Unusual MarriageThe Challenge of Le CorbusierPART II: THINKING ARCHITECTURE The Perennial and the EphemeralWhat is Secular Architecture?City of DreamsA Senseless UglinessThinking Cities TodayThe Input of HeritageBuilders or Architects?PART III: RASA IN ARCHITECTURE The Concept of RasaCivilized Art and Primitive ArtCelebrating DiversityBL Does an Asian Architecture Exist?PART IV: CLASH OR ASSIMILATION OF ARCHITECTURAL VALUES Globalization and the Ethics of ArchitectureAn Indian Vision of the WorldDialogue among CulturesThe Spirit of LocationThe Ethics of ArchitectureThe Game of LightThe Dialectic of Interior and ExteriorSpiritualizingArchitectureConceptualizing Islamic ArchitectureLiving Architecturl³7