Resurgent Modernism: The Architecture of Namita Singh

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Practice. 3. Projects. 4. Institutions. 5. Public Works. 6. Schools. 7. IT and Medical Facilities Heritage Buildings. 8. Housing. 9. Commerce. 10. Namita Singh’s Own Residence.

There have been significant sustained professional practices in the city since the seventy years following its inception that have taken architecture into a modern Indian direction.

A book on the works of Namita Singh is long overdue. Her Chandigarh-based practice, has delivered a range of buildings—including educational institutes, offices, commercial projects, housing, heritage and restoration works, private homes and interiors—all across India. While much of her work is in tune with a contemporary modernism, she has always drawn on local values and technologies for its generic expressions. Having set up a practice barely a decade after independence, Namita belongs to the generation of architects who participated in the country’s rapid development, providing a range of infrastructure projects for a society in the making, its institutions and cities.