The Structure - Works of Mahendra Raj

Vandini Mehta

ISBN 10: 3038600253 / ISBN 13: 9783038600251

Published by Park Books, 2016

About this Item

First monograph on the Indian structural engineer Mahendra Raj, featuring 28 of his pioneering buildings including previously unpublished material. Editor(s): Mehta, Vandini; Mehndiratta, Rohit Raj; Huber, Ariel. Num Pages: 428 pages, 273 colour, 302 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMB; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 206 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1600. . 2016. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Structure - Works of Mahendra Raj
• Publisher: Park Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038600253
• ISBN 13: 9783038600251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Structure explores the work of Mahendra Raj, India’s most significant structural engineer. Examining Raj’s sixty prolific years of practice, this volume looks at his unusually inventive and intuitive work and how he has offered pioneering engineering solutions for buildings in exposed concrete. As this book shows, many of his structures can be seen as monuments narrating the history of architecture in post-independence India.

The Structure features twenty-eight of Mahendra Raj’s buildings in detail through rich photographs and color reproductions of archival plans. Essays are contributed by Raj himself and by the architects Neelkanth Chhaya and Jaimini Mehta. Also included are interviews with Raj by the architect Sanjay Prakash and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, a conversation with the architect BV Doshi, as well as an illustrated complete list of Raj’s works.
 
 

About the Author

Vandini Mehta is an architect and urban researcher. Rohit Raj Mehndiratta is an architect and urban designer. Ariel Huber trained as an architect and specializes in architectural photography.