Resurgent Modernism: The Architecture of Namita Singh

There Have Been Significant Sustained Professional Practices In The City Since The Seventy Years Following Its Inception That Have Taken Architecture Into A Modern Indian Direction.0a Book On The Works Of Namita Singh Is Long Overdue. Her Chandigarh-based Practice, Has Delivered A Range Of Buildings?including Educational Institutes, Offices, Commercial Projects, Housing, Heritage And Restoration Works, Private Homes And Interiors?all Across India. While Much Of Her Work Is In Tune With A Contemporary Modernism, She Has Always Drawn On Local Values And Technologies For Its Generic Expressions. Having Set Up A Practice Barely A Decade After Independence, Namita Belongs To The Generation Of Architects Who Participated In The Country?s Rapid Development, Providing A Range Of Infrastructure Projects For A Society In The Making, Its Institutions And Cities.0how Does One Assess The Overall Work Of A Five Decade-long Practice That Has Succeeded In Creating Monumental Public Works But Also Those Of A Fine-tuned Residential Scale, Each Structure Dedicated To A Precise Ideal, Conscious Of Environment And Technology, Scope And Purpose? Foremost Is The Inclusion Of Work That Illustrates Principles The Architect Uses To Build. Second, Projects That Clearly Demonstrate A Conceptual Unity To An Idea Or Design As Well As Those That Are Part Of The Stylistic Consistency Of The Firm. The Accompanying Pictures Tell A Parallel Story And Lend Value To The Breadth Of The Varied Projects Presented And Of A Practice Informed By Inquiry.