The document summarizes the key points from an Indo-Australian symposium on landscape architecture organized by the Indian Institute of Architects Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. The following recommendations were made for Chandigarh City: 1) Establish a common controlling authority for Chandigarh and its periphery; 2) Develop a comprehensive landscape development plan for the city; 3) Preserve the architecture of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin who designed parts of Lucknow. The symposium aimed to emphasize the important role of landscape design in urban planning and ecosystem balance.

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‘INDO AUSTRALIAN SYMPOSIUM ON ‘LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE’
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANDIGARH CITY
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Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in association with University of Western Australia, Perth and Alumni Association of Chandigarh College of
Architecture organised an Indo-Australian Symposium on ‘Landscape Architecture’ on April 6, 2010 at Government Museum and Art
Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh. Eminent landscape architects from Australia and India spoke on various aspects of the subject.
Ar Surinder Bahga delivered the keynote address. Bahga said, “The popular conception of landscape design has been that it is a
profession which is confined to private gardens and parks. But with the growing imbalance in the ecosystems and global warming,
the role of landscape design has become all the more important.”
Ar PR Luthra welcomed the Chief Guest, Shri Ram Niwas, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration. Niwas expressed that
the Administration is developing “Valley of Springs” and “Garden of Conifers” in the southern sectors of Chandigarh. The funds
have already been sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism. He said, “Patiali-ki-Rao rivulet and three lakes at Dhanas offer good
potential for development. So we should have holistic landscape plan for Chandigarh”. The key speakers were Prof Christopher
Vernon, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Art at the University of Western Australia. He
spoke on “Australian and Indian Capital Connections”. He discussed the capital cities of Pretoria (South Africa), Canberra
(Australia) and New Delhi (India). He emphasised on the contributions made by Australian landscape architects, Walter Burley
Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin who designed the Australian capital city, Canberra. The duo had also made considerable
contribution to India’s landscape architecture. They worked in Lucknow (UP) during 1935-37 and Walter Burley died in Lucknow
only. He highlighted that the architecture of the Griffins in Lucknow should be preserved.
Second speaker was Dr Minakshi Jain, Professor, Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur
(Himachal Pradesh). She spoke on “Effective Landscapes—images and perceptions”. She deliberated on the natural and manmade
landscapes in the different geographical areas of India.
Architects Jit Gupta and Archana Chaudhary chaired the technical sessions. The vote of thanks was presented by Ar Jaswinder
Singh. Interior Designer Ms Gurjot Shan was the master of ceremonies. The symposium concluded with the following
recommendations for the Chandigarh City:-
Common controlling authority for Chandigarh and its periphery be constituted.
Need for a comprehensive landscape development plan for the city.
Lamp-Lighting Ceremony Ram Niwas, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigah Administration, addresses the delegates

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ISSUES IN ARCHITECTURE TODAY
EXHIBITION ON BUILDING MATERIALS
FOREIGN VISITORS
Storm water should be dammed for irrigation purposes.
Rain water harvesting be made compulsory in Chandigarh.
The maintenance and landscaping of all the gardens should be privatised.
Catchment Area (7000 Acres) of Sukhna Lake should be properly landscaped.
Two more Leisure Valleys should be created along Sukhna choe and Patiali-ki-
rao.
Capitol Complex should be nicely landscaped and should be made accessible to
public.
Chandigarh Administration should create full-fledged landscape department.
In case this is done, Chandigarh will become the most outstanding urban creation in
the world.
To discuss the “Issues in Architecture
Today” and the approach to find a rational
solution for them, an Architects’ Meet had
been organized on December 5, 2009 at
Hotel Taj, Chandigarh. The programme was
organized jointly by the Indian Institute of
Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in
association with ArchiDesign Group and
Hindware.
The introductory theme was presented by Mr
Sudhir Sarup, Editor-in-Chief, ArchiDesign
Perspective and Founder President, Foundation for Architectural and Environmental
Awareness.
Ar Vinay Parelkar, President, Indian Institute of Architects was the Chief Guest. He discussed
the problems in the architectural profession at the National level and IIA’s role in solving them.
Ar Surinder Bahga introduced the main Speaker Ar Anil Laul to the audience.
The technical presentation was given by Ar Anil Laul from New Delhi on the “Issues of
Architecture”. He dwelled upon the rationale behind all we accept as norm, the anomalies that
have crept in and the simple solutions that are quite amazing. The session was chaired by Ar
Jit Gupta, Director, College of Architecture, Bhaddal, Ropar. He highlighted the architectural
issues in the Indian context.
Mr Nitin Kulkarni from Hindware gave a technical presentation on the latest products of
Hindware ceramics.
Paramount Exhibitors have organised ABC (Architecture, Building, Construction) Expo &
Conference, 2010 in Sector 34, Chandigarh from February 12-15, 2010. The organisers
offered five stalls to IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. IIA has offered four stalls to its
supporters namely Artist Namita Kohli, Raunaq Sales (India), and Ecologic Buildings Pvt Ltd.
One stall was taken by the Chapter itself. It was visited by nearly 100 visitors having queries
about architects’ directory, newsletter and activities of the chapter. ‘IIA Times’ was gifted free
of cost to all the visitors with an aim to create awareness in public about chapter’s activities.
Executive Committee conveyed thanks to Paramount Exhibitors and assured all help in their
future events.
Well-known American Architect Richard Meier’s partners and colleagues, Ar Shekar Ganti and
Ar Scott Johnson visited Chandigarh on February 20-21, 2010. IIA Chandigarh-Punjab
Ar Anil Laul addresses the audience.
Designed by internationally renowned architect Moshe
Safdie, the Khalsa Heritage Memorial is a new
museum of the Sikhs in the holy city of Anandpur
Sahib, near Chandigarh.
AN ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL:
KHALSA HERITAGE MEMORIAL COMPLEX,
ANANDPUR SAHIB, PUNJAB

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filling them through the Union Public Service
Commission(UPSC).
The college has no regular Principal since the
middle of the year 1996. The acting charge
of the Principal’s post was given to the
seniormost professor. This practice is being
repeated for the reasons best known to
authorities.
Administration was requested to fill-up all the
vacant posts through the UPSC on a war-
footing and the Service Rules finalized /
notified without further delay.
Delegation also proposed that Faculty may be
taken on deputation. The system of Professor
Emeritus could be introduced forthwith to
ease out the problem considerably. Such a
system is an integral part of Academic
Management in all universities, and can be
conveniently adopted in CCA.
ii. Nomination of IIA members on various
Committees & Boards of Chandigarh
Administration like Housing Board, Municipal
Council, Advisory Committee, etc.
Delegation pointed out that Chandigarh
Administration is nominating various architects
in Advisory Committees, Chandigarh
Municipal Council, Chandigarh Housing
Board, etc. with pick and choose method
without laying down any criteria of selection.
In this light, it is proposed that Chandigarh
Administration/Punjab Government should
appoint architects in consultation with
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.
iii. Awarding Bharat Ratna to Architects of
Chandigarh City, Le Corbusier and Pierre
Jeanneret.
Administrator was requested to recommend
Bharat Ratna Award to Swiss-born French
Architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
who were responsible for designing Pt
Jawaharlal Nehru’s dream city Chandigarh,
apart from their other works at Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), Talwara and Bhakra Dam
(Punjab) and Sundernagar, Slapper and
Pandoh Townships (HP). They have made
immense contribution to India’s Modern
Architecture.
Delegation mentioned that late Dr MS
Randhawa, the first Chief Commissioner of
Chandigarh had recommended in his letter of
September, 1965 to late Mr Ram Kishan, the
then Chief Minister of Punjab, “The Capital of
Punjab owes a deep debt to Pierre Jeanneret
and Le Corbusier. These two brothers
brought modern architecture to Punjab and
not only gave a most modern city to Punjab
but their creations also made an impact on
architecture in all the major cities of India.
The work which they have done is of
historical importance. It is unfortunate that it
has not been given official recognition by us.
May I suggest for your consideration that the
work of both these architects be suitably
recognized. I further suggest that both of
them ought to be recommended to the
Government of India for the grant of the title
of ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously which is the
highest honour which this country can confer.
It is not only recognition of outstanding work
but also a gesture of friendship for France,
the country with whom our country is already
on friendly terms which ought to be further
strengthened.”
Since India enjoys friendly relations with
France and Switzerland, IIA strongly feels
that honouring Chandigarh’s architects will
give new dimension to Indo-French and
Indo-Swiss ties.
iv. Allotment of office space for Chapter.
The delegation appealed to the Administrator
to allot office space to Chapter.
The meeting was held in a very cordial
atmosphere and Governor assured the
delegation that he will look into all these
demands of architects fraternity and try to
solve them.
The National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Hamirpur have organised a programme in
collaboration with Ministry of Human
Resource Development and All India Council
of Technical Education at Department of
Architecture, NIT, Hamirpur from February
22-26, 2010.
It was titled Winter School on “Intelligent
Building System for Urban and Rural Areas”.
Architects Jit Gupta, Surinder Bahga,
Sangeet Sharma, Archana Chaudhary were
invited to deliver presentations to the faculty
members of various architecture schools of
India. The winter school was attended by
more than fifty faculty members from all over
India.
WINTER SCHOOL
Chapter extended warm hospitality to visiting
architects and made arrangements to show
them various places of tourist and
architectural interest in Chandigarh.
Renowned architect of Bangladesh Ar Qazi
Mohammad Arif alongwith his engineer
colleague visited Chandigarh on April 4-5,
2010. The Bangladeshi architect interacted
with Ar SD Sharma, Ar Surinder Bahga, Ar
Sarbjit Bahga and Ar Archana Chaudhary.
Various issues on architecture and the
planning of Chandigarh and Dhaka were
discussed.
A delegation of Architects and office bearers
of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter met Mr
Shivraj Patil, Punjab Governor and
Administrator, Chandigarh Administration on
February 11, 2010. The delegation consisted
of Ar Surinder Bahga, Chairman; Ar Rakesh
Bansal, Vice Chairman; Ar Sarbjit Bahga,
Joint Hon Secretary and Ar Archana
Chaudhary, Executive Member.
They discussed the following issues with the
Administrator:-
i. Finalising service rules for recruitment of
vacant faculty positions in various
professional colleges of city especially
Chandigarh College of Architecture.
The Chandigarh College of Architecture
(CCA) is facing an acute shortage of faculty
members. Currently the college has the
vacant posts of Principal, three Professors
and one Assistant Professor.
CCA was established on August 7, 1961, as
the Academic Wing of the Great Chandigarh
Experiment in Modern Urbanism at the behest
of Le Corbusier. It became one of the
premier Architectural Institutions in the
country and remained so until 1996. But,
unfortunately, this is no longer the case; its
educational standards have gone down
considerably since then.
Service Rules of the teaching faculty are still
not finalized / notified. Whenever the college
authorities were/are urged to do something
about the acute staff shortage, the same
excuse of non-finalization / notification of
Service Rules had/has been used as a ploy
to stop advertisement of vacant posts for
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MARIO BOTTA’S LECTURE
YOUNG ARCHITECTS’
FESTIVAL
JALANDHAR SUB-CENTRE
World-famous Swiss architect Mario Botta
visited India on February 9, 2010. He
delivered a lecture at Embassy of Switzerland
in New Delhi. Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter
received invitation from Embassy to depute
some students to attend the lecture. About 15
students from Chandigarh College of
Architecture attended the program in
Embassy. It was followed by a dinner hosted
by Swiss Embassy. About 60 architects and
students attended the lecture.
IIA Rajasthan Chapter had organised Young
Architects’ Festival (YAF) 2010 from
February 5 to 7, 2010 in Jaipur. The theme
of the festival was “Design for
Safety—Peoples’ Perception”.
Architect Jit Gupta delivered a talk on
“Disaster Management—Role of Architectural
Education”. Surinder Bahga’s presentation
was titled, “Disaster Management—Role of
Architects”. Other speakers were Prof
Jitendra Singh (VC, Nalanda Open
University, Patna), Prof Amit Bose
(Practicing Architect, Delhi), Prof R P
Deshmukh (Architect Pune), Prof CVR
Murthy (IIT, Kanpur), Prof Vasudha
Gokhale (Pune), Ar Nilanjal Bhowal
(Practicing Architect, Delhi), Ar Shama
Bhatnagar (Architect, Jaipur), Prof Kaya
Mitra (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), Ar
Neha Bansal (Architect, Jaipur), Prof Mike
Christenson (North Dakota State University,
USA), Ar Manit Rastogi (Practicing
Architect, Delhi), Ar Archana Rathore
(Architect, Jaipur) and Er Shiv Shankar
(Project Manager). Ar Sumit Kaur, Chief
Architect, Chandigarh also attended the YAF.
Rajasthan Chapter also organised a big
exhibition on building materials having nearly
70 stalls. During this occasion an exhibition
of photographs by students and professionals
was also displayed. Apart from this students’
painting competition was also organised.
IIA Jalandhar Sub-Centre and Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power,
Government of India have organised a
workshop on “National Educational
Awareness Programme on Standards and
Labeling” at Hotel Raddison, Jalandhar on
March 4, 2010. Speaking on the occasion,
Mr Anshu Kumar said that the way the
carbon gases are being produced in the
present day, the ozone layer is being
depleted day by day. To cut down the carbon
gases, star rating has been introduced in air
conditioners and other electrical equipments.
By the year 2012, star rating will be
introduced for the buildings which will help in
the saving of electricity.
Mr G Pandian, Energy Economist, BEE
delivered a talk on “Energy Conservation Act
2001 and introduction about BEE’s initiative
on standards and Labeling Programme”. Ar
Dinesh Bhagat, Ar Irwindeep Singh, Col HS
Sahota, Ar Rajinder Singh, Ar Gagandeep
Kaur and Ar Madandeep Singh attended the
seminar on behalf of Jalandhar Sub-centre.
The programme was supported by
International Copper Promotion Council
(India) and Emerson Climate Technologies
(India) Limited.
The Indian Institute of Architects,
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has asked the
railway authorities to immediately remove the
statues from the railway station.
In a communication to HK Jaggi, divisional
railway manager, Northern Railway, and UT
Home Secretary Ram Niwas, it has been
stated that the statues of folk dancers
installed just next to the sculptures prepared
by Nek Chand do not gel with the same.
It has been stated that many eminent
architects, artists and citizens had opposed
this decision of the railway authorities. Media
had also raised the issue but no action has
been taken so far. These statues should be
removed immediately, said Surinder Bahga,
Chairman, IIA, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.
The UT Administration had directed the
railway authorities to immediately remove the
modern statues put up by them along side
Nek Chand’s sculptures at the entrance of
city’s railway station.
The UT Administration had taken note of a
report filed by the Hindustan Times about the
REMOVE STATUES FROM
RAILWAY STATION, SAYS
ARCHITECTS’ INSTITUTE
displeasure shown by art lovers of the city on
the issue.
Railways authorities had put up three modern
statues of Punjab folk figures at the
Chandigarh railway station entrance, in
addition to Nek Chand’s famous figures
sculpted from waste material, on January 25.
The new statues were installed for
advertisement, alongside the signature
creations of the Rock Garden legend Nek
Chand, which would also carry ad-on glow
sign boards and earn the Railways a revenue
of Rs 27 lakh in the next three years.
The IIA had also made some observations,
which it stated would go a long way in
improving the environs of the city railway
station.
Since Chandigarh has become a major tourist
hub of the region, it is all the more important
to rectify the image of the railway station,
which acts as a take off point for the tourists.
It has been stated that size of the
advertisement hoardings installed on the
premises of the railway station are against
the Chandigarh Advertisement Control Act,
1954. More so, they divert the attention of
the drivers. It had also said that car parking
should not be allowed just near to the
platform. The cars should be parked
sufficiently far away from the main station.
(Courtesy: The Hindustan Times dated
March 6, 2010)
The Department of Architecture, Assiut
University, Egypt had organised Eighth
International Conference “Architecture and
Built Environment: Contemporary Issues”
between April 13-15, 2010. Delegates from
14 countries participated in the conference.
About 32 research papers were selected for
presentation.
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE AT EGYPT
Ar. Surinder Bahga with delegates at Egypt
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In Book Review section, Dr SS Bhatti
reviewed Sangeet Sharma’s book titled,
“Corb’s Capitol—A Journey through
Chandigarh Architecture”.
The March issue also published works of
architects Sarbjit Bahga, Sanjay Goel,
Surinder Bahga and an article by Anu Singh.
Chapter has taken initiative to promote works
and writings of its members.
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is thankful to its
sponsors for supporting them in the upliftment
of architectural profession and making a small
contribution to the profession of architecture.
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is planning to
set-up a library for its members and
students. A proposal in this regard has been
submitted to Union Minister for Parliamentary
Affairs, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal. He has
been requested to give grant to purchase
books and furniture for the library.
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is working on
the comprehensive directory of its
members. Addresses, emails, phone
numbers are being updated. There is a
proposal to include building bye-laws of
Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana in the
Directory for ready reference of the
chapter members. Directory is likely to be
published in near future. All the members
are requested to send their mailing
addresses, latest phone / mobile
numbers, emails, COA number at the
Chapter’s address or email:
iia.chdpb@gmail.com.
1. R e s t o r a t i o n O f I I A
Examination Centre:
Chandigarh used to be Centre for conducting
examinations of Indian Institute of Architects.
Due to certain reasons, last year the centre
was shifted to Delhi. It has caused a lot of
hardships to students of northern states like
Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir. A number
of students have given representations to the
Chapter with a request to restore Chandigarh
as examination centre. The issue was taken
GRANT FOR LIBRARY
ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY
IIA CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB
CHAPTER IMPACT
up by Ar Jit Gupta at National Council
th
meeting of IIA which was held in Goa on 16
April, 2010. Finally the council agreed to the
proposal of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. Now
examination will be conducted in Chandigarh
between June 21-30, 2010.
2. Master Plan Of Jalandhar
Stalled
IIA Jalandhar Sub-Centre organised a press
rd
conference in Jalandhar on 3 Jan, 2010 to
discuss the master plan of Jalandhar being
prepared by Department of Town and Country
Planning, Punjab. Ar Jit Gupta pointed out
various deficiencies in the plan and
suggested remedies for the same. The
Government of Punjab has taken serious view
of the suggestions and ultimately the
concerned department has been requested to
revise the master plan of Jalandhar city.
Dharmendra Joshi/Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, April 18
The master plan prepared by the Jalandhar
Development Board (JDA) didn’t get the
nod at a meeting of the Punjab Regional &
Town Planning and Development Board. The
meeting was chaired by Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh.
A senior bureaucrat, on the condition of
anonymity, who was present in the meeting,
said scores of objections had been submitted
in response to the proposed draft of the
master plan prepared by Jalandhar
Development Board in the second week of
December.
After incorporating most of the objections, the
master plan would be republished soon. Any
suggestion or objection from any individual or
organisation may be submitted within 30 days
of making the second draft public, he added.
Giving a hint of incorporation of objections,
he said instead of forcibly shifting polluting
industrial units from the residential areas, it
was decided to provide incentives to those
industrialists who expressed their willingness
to do so.
The JDA prepared the first draft of the
proposed master plan of Jalandhar, which
included 780 sq km area falling under
JDA master plan fails to get
govt nod
Ar Surinder Bahga presented his paper titled
“Climate-Responsive Architecture: An Indian
Experience”. The conference was attended
by 250 architects and students.
Ar Bahga was also invited to give a talk
on “Chandigarh City” at Centre for
Planning & Architecture Studies, Cairo.
An exhibition on works of members of
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is under
preparation and is at an advanced stage. In
Phase I, exhibition will be displayed in
Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and
Amritsar. Exhibition will showcase works of
architects of this Chapter in approximately 50
panels. Each panel will be self-explanatory
having drawings, photographs and write-ups.
In Phase II, Exhibition will be shown in other
parts of India also.
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter have worked
very hard to bring out a special issue of
January, 2010. The entire issue is dedicated
to the works of architects who are members
of Chapter. It featured articles of Ar Jit Gupta
and Ar Rachna. In addition to these projects
of architects SD Sharma, Namita Singh,
Sarbjit Bahga, Mohinderjit Singh, Surinder
Bahga, Sangeet Sharma, Archana
Chaudhary, Dalbir Singh, Kanav Khosla,
Karan Singh/ Rita Singh, Yashinder Bahga,
Sanjay Goel and Ashok Purie are published.
EXHIBITION ON “MODERN
ARCHITECTURE”
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Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahar
districts.
Apart from several other objections from
different quarters, architects had suggested
the JDA to incorporate realigning of rail lines
in the shape of tunnels to free the ground
surface areas from traffic congestion. They
also suggested that option of mixed land use
needed to be exercised with caution and to
be focused only in specific areas rather than
as policy on all areas.
(Courtesy: The Tribune, April 19, 2010)
3. Master Plan of Patiala
About 40 members of IIA, Patiala Sub-
Centre had a brain-storming session on
December 26, 2009 to examine the draft
master plan of Patiala. After detailed
deliberations, IIA Sub-Centre has given
various proposals to improve the master plan.
Now the Government of Punjab has directed
the Department of Town and Country
Planning to revise the master plan. It has
been informed to Patiala Sub Centre that the
Department is considering the proposals given
by the IIA viz. the shifting of the part of
industrial pocket along Sirhind road; the
provision of mixed landuse along main roads
upto urbanisable areas instead of agriculture
and residential areas; realignment of outer
Ring Road and extension of inner Ring Road.
4. Finalising service rules for
recruitment of vacant faculty
p o s i t i o n s i n v a r i o u s
professional colleges of city
especially Chandigarh
College ofArchitecture.
Due to the pursuance of Chandigarh-Punjab
Chapter, seven lecturers have been
appointed on adhoc basis in the CCA and Sh
Pawan Bansal, Minister for Parliamentary
Affairs have written a DO letter to Sh Kapil
Sibal to finalise the recruitment rules.
The Amritsar Sub-Centre of IIA was installed
in the month of Oct., 09. After the installation
ceremony, the Sub-Centre has taken various
initiatives to improve Amritsar City.
1. The Amritsar Sub-Centre had given
some Proposals to Commissioner of Police,
Amritsar for improving the traffic control
AMRITSAR SUB-CENTRE
system. The issues in terms of planning of
the city, use of traffic lights, signboards,
parking areas were discussed.
2. The Sub-Centre prepared the
conceptual landscape plan for improving the
green belt from Taraiwal Bridge to the
Gateway of Amritsar on GT Road. The
Commissioner, MC lauded the efforts of the
Executive Committee of IIA Sub Centre.
National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh (India) and
IIA, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter are jointly
organising an International Conference on
“Urbanism & Green Architecture”. It will be
held at NIT campus on 30-31 October,
2010. Leading architects of India like Uttam
C. Jain, Suhasini Aiyer Guigan, Dr Vinod
Gupta and Dr BS Bhooshan will be invited
speakers. Research papers are invited from
all over the world. All the Chapter members
are also requested to send their research
papers on the following themes to the
conference.
Sobha Singh Memorial Society and
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter are planning to
curate an exhibition on life and works of
renowned Artist Sobha Singh at Chandigarh
in the month of August, 2010. The Chapter
requests all its members to send their
suggestions to make this event a success.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE AT
HAMIRPUR
EXHIBITION ON ‘ARTIST
SOBHA SINGH’
Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab
Chapter wishes “Best of Health” to the oldest architect
in the world – Oscar Niemeyer ( born December 15,
1907). At the age of 102 years he is still working. He
is a Brazilian architect specializing in international
modern architecture. Is a pioneer in exploring the
formal possibilities of reinforced concrete solely for
their aesthetic impact. His works include public
buildings designed for the city of Brasilia, and the
United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
He says, “It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor
the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man.
What attracts me is the free and sensual curve — the
curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the
sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved
woman.”
LONG LIVE OSCAR NIEMEYER

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