Architecture Reading Aid Ahmedabad

The Indian City Ahmedabad is an architecture Mecca: here you can find masterpieces by Le Corbusier ; Louis Kahn ; Charles Correa and Balkrishna Doshi - all submerged in a vibrant architecture of the everyday ; where activities of eating ; working ; selling ; sleeping ; praying take over public space. This cute book is dedicated to both the architecture with a capital A and the inventive spatial practices that generate an ephemeral urbanism of surprising encounters. It introduces the reader to the built environment of the north Indian metropolis Ahmedabad ; employing clear axonometric drawings as well as short texts providing both cultural and historical context.