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(Above: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Municipal Stadium (1959–66), Ahmedabad, by Charles Correa and Mahendra Raj. Photo courtesy of MoMA)
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The Project of Independence
Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Through July 2, 2022
This exhibition examines what happens when territories emerge from colonial rule and reclaim their autonomy. It specifically features architecture in the territories of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lankaas regional architects, designers, and planners embraced their own visions, creating a language for the design of place and space by weaving together modernism with traditional cultural craft. Highlighting the work of Indian architect Balkrishna V. Doshi, the only South Asian to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture; Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva and Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, the first women architects in their countries; and many others through film, photographs, projects sketches, project plans, and more.
(Below Right: National Cooperative Development Corporation office building (1978–80), New Delhi, by Kuldip Singh and Mahendra Raj. Image courtesy of MoMA.)
