ARCHITECT :

BORN :

EDUCATION

PRINCIPLE ARCHITECT:

BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF ARCHITECT :

GENERATION :

LIFE AND CARRIER :

HONORS :

CHANGES IN TRENDS IN ARCHITECTURE (POST INDEPENDENCE)

AR. JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN

REFERENCES :

NEBRASKA - UNITED STATES IN 1912

IMAGE OF ARCHITECT

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DRAWINGS: IMAGES

JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN

HIMSELF A MASTER

ILLINOIS (US) ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS (FRANCE)CRANBROOK ACADEMY, MICHIGAN (US)

1952 - 1997

WORKED FOR ELI JACQUES KAHN IN NEW YORK AND WITH RICHARD NEUTRA IN LOS ANGELES, ESTABLISHED HIS OWN PRACTICE IN SAN

FRANCISCO.IN 1952 BECAME HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE BENGAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN CALCUTTA, WORKED IN

NEW DELHI FROM 1955 ONWARDS.

1992 - PADMA SHRI (G.O.I), GOLD MEDAL - IIA, 1994 - AGHA KHAN AWARD, 2001 - THE GOLDEN ARCHITECT FOR LIFETIME WORKS.

TRIVENI KALA

SANGAM CENTRE

FOR THE ARTS-1962

TANSEN MARG,

NEAR MANDI HOUSE

CULTURAL

NEHRUVIAN

WAVE,MODERN

MOVEMENT,SCARCITY

OF LAND,

DEMOCRATIC

IDEALS

REGIONAL

MODERNISM.MUGHAL

ARCHITECTURE

MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE.

GARDEN TRADITION.

ECOLOGICAL BALANCE.

ORGANIC ORDER.

PAST AND CULTURE.

FUNCTIONALISM & REGIONAL EXPRESSION.

GEOLOGICAL,SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

TOTAL LANDSCAPE.

INTEGRATION OF TIME AND SPACE.

SYNTHESIS OF SITE,

STRUCTURE,FURNISHINGS AS FEATURES OF HABITATIONS

AND HARMONISING WITH ENVIRONMENT.

FRAMED STRUCTURE IN RCC

LABOUR INTENSIVE

EXPOSED BRICK WORK. COLORED

CERAMIC TILES

2.

INDIA INTERNATIONAL

CENTER-1962

LODHI ROAD

CULTURAL

UNDERSTANDING

THE AMITY

BETWEEN HUMAN

COMMUNITIES BY

EXCHANGE OF

KNOWLEDGE.

SENSE OF

LEISURE

INTERNATIONAL

HOUSE OF JAPAN,

TOKYO

CAREFULL RELATION OF INDOOR & OUTDOOR SPACES.

FINELY DETAILED & EXPRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION.

GROUNDS OF IIC & ADJACENT LODHI GARDEN COULD FUNCTION

AS SINGLE ENTITY.

46 GUEST ROOMS,A LOUNGE & DINING SPACE IN ONE BLOCK.

A PROGRAMME BLOCK OF LIBRARY, OFFICES & A DOMED

AUDITORIUM ARE ALL GROUPED AROUND TWO GREAT COURTS

AND CONNECTED BY PORTICOS.

THE CURVING FACADE OF RESIDENTIAL BLOCK CORRESPONDS

TO THE CURVED PATHWAYS OF LODHI GARDEN.

THE LARGE WINDOWS OF DINING HALL & CONFERENCE ROOM ON

THE SECOND FLOOR OVERLOOKED THE WIDE VISTAS OF TOMBS

& GARDENS.

EXPOSED CONCRETE.

MASSIVE PIERS.

EXPOSED ROOF PATTERNS.

ACCORDIAN WALLS.

CEREMIC TILES JALIS.

EXPOSED CONCRETE.

RUGGED QURATZITE STONE.

BLUE KOTAH FLOORING.

INDIA HABITAT

CENTER-1997

3.

LODHI ROAD

CULTURAL

CATALYST FOR

INTERCACTIONS

IN BETWEEN

ASSOCIATIONS,

GOVERNAMENT AND

LOCAL

INHABITANTS.

INTERACTION AT ALL LEVELS.

VEHICLE FREE ENVIRONMENT.

HALLS WITH VERSATILE USE OF SPACE.

STRIP WINDOW.

BRIDGES TO FORM VEIWS AND

FRAMING VEIWS.

SUNSCREEN USED IN COURTS TO

PROTECT FROM EXCESSIVE

HEATING.

RCC FRAMED STRUCTURE.

EXPOSED BRICKS.

COLOURED CERAMIC TILES.

EXPOSED AGGREGATE PLASTER.

CHINA MOSAIC TILES IN

COURTYARDS.

ANODISED ALLUMINIUM WINDOW

FRAMES.

KOTAH STONE,SANDSTONE IN

COURTS ETC.

TO FACILITATE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INSTITUTION &

INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOLISTIC SUPPORT OF THE HABITAT.

TO RESTORE AT ALL LEVELS - "ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY"- A

BALANCED,HARMONIOUS & IMPROVED WAY OF LIFE IS THE

CONCEPT.

AN URBAN OASIS.

UTILIZES ONLY 1.4 OF 2.5 PERMISSIBLE FAR, BUT STEIN WOULD

HAVE LIKED THE BUILDING EVEN MORE LOWER LEVELS.

4.

KASHMIR CIVIC CENTER -

- 1984

DAL LAKE, SRINAGAR,

KASHMIR

CULTURAL

AWARENESS FOR

FRAGILE ECOLOGY

SHALIMAR & NISHAT

GARDENS BUILD IN

17TH C. BY MIGHALS

GARDENS AND KCC BOTH CASCADE

DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT ALIKE.

RELATIONSHIP AND SCALE OF

SIMPLE GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURES.

OF GARDEN

RELATIONSHIP OF SPACES AND

SCULPTED FORM, FURNITURE, LIGHT

FIXTURE AND TEXTILES TAKEN TO A

MORE INTRICATE LEVEL DUE TO

DETAILING WITH WOOD IN KASHMIR

KASHMIR WOOD INSTEAD OF

EARTHEN BRICK, STONE &

CONCRETE MATERIALS.

TO HAVE AN IDEA OF FRONTAGE & MOUNTAIN SLOPE TO THE

NORTH OF THE LAKE CLASSIFIED AS PROTECTED WAS

SUCCESSFUL.

THE IDEA OF MINIMIZING THE PRESENCE OF COMPLEX WITHIN

THE VALLEY,WHICH BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE FACILITIES

WOULD DOMINATE THE SURROUNDINGS IF PLACES ON A HIGHER

HEIGHT OF THE VALLEY SECTION.

CAREFULL ATTENTION TO DEVELOPE THE SITE IN ORDER TO FIT

IN THE SURROUNDINGS.

THE RELATIONSHIP & THE SCALE OF SIMPLE GEOMETRIC

STRUCTURES AS EXPRESSED IN THE MUGHALS STONE GARDEN

PAVILLIONS.

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VOLUME 18, ISSUE 23, NOV 10-23, 2001 (INDIAS NATIONAL MAGAZINE FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF "THE HINDU"-OBITUARY A BUILT LEGACY JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN 1912-2001, RAM REHMAN.

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