Architectural Inheritance and Evolution in India

ARCHITECTURAL INHERITANCE AND EVOLUTION IN INDIA: Furthering a Lineage or Building a New Identity brings forward the narratives of ten architectural families from India reflecting on how architecture situates itself in the bonds within architectural families in India, a nation rejoicing in its rich family culture and ethos.

The volume explores how the introduction, journey, understanding, interpretation, and approach of architecture can develop across family members. Traversing the families’ individual and collective philosophies and contributions, it further depicts the complexity of navigating personal and professional equations in a space where divergent notions of creativity and opinions prevail. Such notions translate into analogous or disparate journeys, varying interpretations of ideologies, and multiple working approaches in architects of the same family.

The diverse tales of the architectural expeditions of the 44 architects in the ten families, ranging from a 20-year-old to a 90-year-old, symbolise the colossal transformation of architecture over the decades.

The book will appeal to the Architectural, Design & Building industry, readers who value spaces and the understated role of architects and architecture, and those who are a part of family practices and are interested in the synergy of creative heads working together.

ARCHITECTURAL FAMILIES FEATURED

Sumit Ghosh, Suchitra Ghosh, Sudipto Ghosh; New Delhi
Uttam C. Jain, Maya Shah, Chirag Jain, Shona Jain; Mumbai
Late Achyut Kanvinde, Sanjay Kanvinde, Tanuja B.K., Vrinda Kanvinde; New Delhi
Late Sharad Kembhavi, Nalini S. Kembhavi, Indrajit Kembhavi, Nita Kembhavi, Partha Kembhavi, Soumya Partha Kembhavi; Bengaluru & Hubli
Habeeb Khan, Smita Khan, Sabrina Khan Talaviya, Samiha Khan; Nagpur & Rajkot
Sanjay Puri, Nina Puri, Ayesha Puri Kanoria; Mumbai
Sagar Shah, Shaila Shah, Pinkish Shah, Shilpa Gore-Shah, Rahul Gore, Sonal Sancheti; Mumbai
Late V.N. Shah, Rajiv Khanna, Sabeena Khanna, Ajay Shah, Sakshi Khanna, Himanshu Khanna; Gurgaon, Mumbai, & Vancouver
Shiv Datt Sharma, Sangeet Sharma, Purnima Sharma, Shivansh Sharma; Chandigarh
Lalichan Zacharias, Jabeen Zacharias, Bhyrav B.R., Aatira L. Zacharias; Kochi & Bengaluru