Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking Architecture is the fourth book in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on the life, thought, 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 engaging volume also includes a large number of evocative visuals-photographs,
drawings, and sketches-that, together with the stimulating conversation, capture and illuminate Rewal's work as well as evoke and challenge ideas about the aesthetics of urban spaces, the fusion of the essence of Eastern and Western traditions, and the role of an Indian architect in a global
context.

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo, Raj Rewal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/15/2012
Pages: 162
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780198082941

About the Author

Ramin Jahanbegloo, well-known Iranian philosopher, is currently associate professor at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Talking India: Ashis Nandy in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OUP 2006), India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India (OUP 2007), India Analysed: Sudhir Kakar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OUP 2008), and, most recently, Talking Politics: Bhikhu Parekh in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OUP 2011).

Raj Rewal is one of the leading contemporary architects in India. An Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, and Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects, he was Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and has also taught at MIT, Boston.