[Urbanstudy] cancellation of Prof. Vikram Prakash lecture on Globalizing Chandigarh at NIAS

[solomon benjamin]

Dear friends,

Due to unfortunate circumstances, Prof. Prakash's visit to India has been postponed, and so this announced lecture stands cancelled.

Kindly circulate this information to others you may have informed about the lecture.

Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.


Carol Upadhya
Solly Benjamin
NIAS


'The City in Question': Lecture Series of the Urban Research and Policy Programme at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, presents:

Modernism Unbound: Chandigarh in the Age of Globalization

by

Vikramaditya Prakash
Professor of Architecture, University of Washington


Abstract:
As we build India’s cities to take their rightful place in the global network of world cities, must we envisage them to be just like Singapore or LA, or will they require the invention of a new, indigenous paradigm to ensure success? Architect and historian Dr. Vikramaditya Prakash will discuss issues confronting Chandigarh today as its administration tries to ‘upgrade’ it to make it a player in the global economy. Focusing on the issues of conservation, sustainability and the ethics of practice, Dr. Prakash will present the recent work of University of Washington’s  ‘Chandigarh Urban Lab’ in terms of the larger question of the future of Indian cities.

Place: National Institute of Advanced Studies, Lecture Hall, (New Faculty Block, Ground Floor), Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore – 560012

Date: July 24, 2009

Time: 6 p.m. (Tea at 5.30)


Dr Vikramaditya Prakash is Professor of Architecture, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, USA http://faculty.washington.edu/vprakash




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