Editing Architecture of India (section)

==India after independence (1947 onwards)==
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In recent times there has been a movement of population from rural areas to urban centres of industry, leading to price rise in property in various cities of India.<ref name=rjadhav1>See Raj Jadhav, p. 11 in ''Modern Traditions: Contemporary Architecture in India''.</ref> Urban housing in India balances space constrictions and is aimed to serve the working class.<ref name=Gast77>Gast, 77</ref> Growing awareness of ecology has influenced architecture in India during modern times.<ref name=Gast119>Gast, 119</ref>
Climate responsive architecture has long been a feature of India's architecture but has been losing its significance as of late.<ref name="rjadhav2" /> Indian architecture reflects its various socio-cultural sensibilities which vary from region to region.<ref name="rjadhav2">See Raj Jadhav, 13 in ''Modern Traditions: Contemporary Architecture in India''.</ref> Certain areas are traditionally held to be belonging to women.<ref name="rjadhav2" /> Villages in India have features such as courtyards, loggias, terraces and balconies.<ref name="Gast77" /> [[Calico (textile)|Calico]], [[chintz]], and [[palampore]]—of Indian origin—highlight the assimilation of Indian textiles in global interior design.<ref name="eb-savage">Savage 2008</ref> [[Roshandan]]s, which are skylights-cum-ventilators, are a common feature in Indian homes, especially in [[North India]].<ref name="ref10zayiq">{{Citation | title=India remembered | author=Thomas George Percival Spear|author-link = Percival Spear|author2 =  Margaret Spear | publisher=Orient Longman, 1981 | isbn=978-0-86131-265-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vEtAAAAMAAJ | quote=''...&nbsp;The bungalow was a typical north Indian one, with a large central room lit only by skylights (roshandans) and a number of others opening out from them ...''| year=1981}}</ref><ref name="ref25xegoc">{{Citation | title=Mansions at dusk: the havelis of old Delhi | author=Pavan K. Varma, Sondeep Shankar | publisher=Spantech Publishers, 1992 | isbn=978-81-85215-14-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jCBuAAAAMAAJ | quote=''...&nbsp;Thirdly, while obviating direct sunlight, it had to allow some light and air to enter through overhead roshandans ...''| year=1992 }}</ref>[[File:Lotus temple01.jpg|thumb|[[Lotus Temple|Lotus Temple, Delhi]] [[Fariborz Sahba]]]]At the time of independence in 1947, India had only about 300 trained architects in a population of what was then 330 million, and only one training institution, the [[Indian Institute of Architects]]. Thus the first generation of Indian architects were educated abroad.

Some early architects were traditionalists, such as [[Ganesh Bhikaji Deolalikar|Ganesh Deolalikar]], whose design for the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] imitated the [[Edwin Lutyens|Lutyens]]-[[Herbert Baker|Baker]] buildings down to the last detail, and B.R. Manickam, who designed the [[Vidhana Soudha]] in Bangalore revived the [[Dravidian architecture]].

In 1950, French architect [[Le Corbusier]], a pioneer of [[Modern architecture|modernist architecture]], was commissioned by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to design the city of [[Chandigarh]]. His plan called for residential, commercial and industrial areas, along with parks and transportation infrastructure. In the middle was the [[Chandigarh Capitol Complex|capitol]], a complex of three government buildings – the [[Palace of Assembly (Chandigarh)|Palace of Assembly]], the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court|High Court]], and [[Secretariat Building (Chandigarh)|the Secretariat]].<ref name="whc.unesco.org">{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/|title=The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301021805/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/|archive-date=2019-03-01|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> He also designed the [[Sanskar Kendra]] at [[Ahmedabad]]. Corbusier inspired the next generation of architects in India to work with modern, rather than revivalist styles.<ref name=":1" />

Economic liberalisation and consequent prosperity enabled more radical new styles to be tried along with a sense to compete with modern and western architectural standards.

Other prominent examples of modernist architecture in India include [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]] by [[Louis Kahn]] (1961), [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|IIT Delhi]] by [[Jugal Kishore Choudhury|Jugal Kishore Chodhury]] (1961), [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] by [[Achyut Kanvinde]] (1963), [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|IIM Bangalore]] by [[B. V. Doshi]] (1973), [[Lotus Temple]] by [[Fariborz Sahba]] (1986), and [[Jawahar Kala Kendra]] (1992) and [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Bhawan Bhopal]] (1996) by [[Charles Correa]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Mukerji|first1=Arjun|last2=Sanghamitra|first2=Basu|title=A Search for Post-Modernism in Indian Architecture|url=https://www.academia.edu/8859069|journal=Abacus|date=January 2011|language=en}}</ref>

Skyscrapers built in the [[International Style (architecture)|international style]] are becoming increasingly common in cities. This includes [[The 42 (Kolkata)|The 42]] (2019) and [[The Imperial (Mumbai)|The Imperial]] (2010) by [[Hafeez Contractor]]. Other projects of the 21st century include [[Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad|IIT Hyderabad]] by [[Christopher Charles Benninger|Christopher Benninger]] (2015).

Notable ongoing projects in India include the city of [[Amaravati]], [[Kolkata Museum of Modern Art]], [[Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[World One]], and [[Navi Mumbai International Airport|Navi Mumbai Airport]]. While projects that have been finished [[Yashobhoomi]] and [[Bharat Mandapam]].