Joseph Allen Stein was an American architect who worked primarily in India and Southeast Asia. He is best known for his work in the Indian city of Chandigarh, where he designed several buildings, including the Gandhi Bhawan, the Gandhi Museum, and the Gandhi Library.

1. JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN
 Joseph allen stein, the pioneer of regional modern
architecture is known for his trail of architectural
establishments .
 He travelled across the regions, from America to
the Indian land.
 Having born in the city of Omaha, USA
 His ideas had a major focus on design solutions
to the common population.
 Greatly inspired by the works of FL wright and
Louis Sullivan, his style of ‘Regional
Modernism’ took a surprisingly different turn from
the Bauhaus Modernism of that time.

2.  His step into Indian architecture took place at Kolkata where he was the first Head of the Department of
Architecture at Bengal Engineering College, Howrah.
 His contributions to the development of government housing in the zones of West Bengal and Orissa did
great justice to Nehru’s idea of industrial development aiding the life of the working class.
 His vision in bringing architectural solutions with low-cost housing had their appendage in India with his
research works in developing the prototypes for urban and rural housing that was exhibited at the International
Exhibition of Low Housing in New Delhi.
 Joseph Allen arrival in Delhi Beckoned the creation of Steinabad- The area around Lodi Garden named after the architect
that is swarming with his notable works that include India International Centre, Ford Foundation, UNESCO, WWF, Peace
Memorial, India Habitat Centre, etc.

3. • 1947: Ladera Cooperative (with John Funk; landscape architect: Garrett Eckbo), Palo Alto,
California
• 1955: Planning of Durgapur, West Bengal, India along with Benjamin Polk.
• 1968: Indian Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai, relandscaping of Lodhi Gardens, along
with Garrett Eckbo.
• Several buildings in Lodi Estate, New Delhi, including the headquarters of the Ford
Foundation, Unicef and the World Wide Fund for Nature, a conference centre called the India
International Center (1959–62), and the India Habitat Center for housing and environmental studies.
• Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode campus, Kerala, India.
• Triveni Kala Sangam Arts centre, New Delhi, India.
• Several factories with roofs inspired by the domes used in traditional Indian architecture
• Kashmir Conference Center, India.
• 1962 – General Education Centre, now Cultural Education Centre for Performing Arts Kennedy
House Complex of Aligarh Muslim University, India.
• Four factories for Escorts Ltd., Faridabad, India
• American Embassy School, New Delhi, India.
• Delhi Public School, Gurgaon (now Gurugram)
SEVERAL DESIGN AND WORKS

4. Tamalpais High School
o Tamalpais High School (often abbreviated as Tam) is
a public secondary school located in Mill Valley,
California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
o Tamalpais Union High School held its first classes on
August 4, 1908, in tent-like structures. The school opened
with 70 students: 40 freshmen, 21 sophomores, five
juniors, and four seniors.
o It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises
almost 2,500 feet (760 m) above Mill Valley.
o Tamalpais High School is the original campus of
the Tamalpais Union High School District and the
second public high school in Marin country.

5.  Joseph Allen’s other notable works include Express Tower at Nariman
Point, Mumbai – the only high-rise he ever designed.
Express Tower
 The Express Towers is a 25-storey building located
on Marine Drive in Nariman Point, Mumbai.
 Upon its completion in 1972, the 105 metres (344 ft)
building was the tallest building in South Asia for
about two years.
 The building serves as the corporate headquarters
of Indian Express Limited, which also owns the
building.
 He also dedicated an entire floor on street level to parking.

6.  The Express Towers is valuable for this was the only
high-rise Stein ever designed.
 Cantilevered balconies at lintel level protect the full
height windows from sun and rain, while occupants
have a magnificent views of the Arabian Sea on one
side and the city and the harbour on the other.
 The Express Towers at the time it was completed was
the tallest building in South Asia, a position it held for
about two years
 The building occupies a prime location in Mumbai on
Marine Drive, facing.
 The lift and stairs core in the centre of the tower block
allowed openings on all four sides.
 The building is unique for the way it connects to the
ground. The tower block rises from a terrace garden
above a three floor high podium.
- VIEW
FROM
EXPRES
TOWER

7. INDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
 The India International Centre was designed in the early 1960s by
American architect Joseph Allen Stein.
 The 4.6 acres campus has three main functional streams within,
namely, the intellectual, social, and cultural.
 Designed by the same architect, the main complex is accompanied
by similar institutional buildings surrounding it.
 The public open space is a tourist attraction, consisting of a series
of tombs
 Respecting the context of the historical monuments in the
immediate surroundings, the use of the vernacular material palette
is prominently seen.

8.  Joseph Stein was commissioned by the IIC with a strong
statement for itself. In the United States, the architect
was well known for his projects adopting the Modern
California style.
 The style developed by Charles and Ray Eames was widely
used for residential projects throughout the country for a
substantial period of time, from the 1930s-1960s.
 It was defined with its modernist features such as indoor-
outdoor living, open plans and rectilinear massing.
 Along with a blend of local material, these design
elements were reflected in IIC Delhi. Being a public
building, the open planning concept worked out as one of
the most efficient ways of designing internal spaces.
 Whereas major rectilinear massing, with a few geometrical
alterations, was the ideal response to the site, creating
statement facades along with open pockets acting as
foreground and gathering spaces.
- IIC HOSTEL BLOCK

9.  The triangular site consists of a total of six major
typologies of massing, marking edge to a semi-
covered open space in-between.
 It takes the position of displaying the first view of the
complex when entered through one of the main road
entry points.
 The space has a list of activities to offer, making it a
G+2 structure along with a basement. Management
offices, seminar halls, multipurpose halls and art
galleries are included in this block.
 The other end of the library block merged into the
landscape and is attached to a self-service lounge.

10. INDIAN HABITAT CENTRE
 The India Habitat Centre is one of India’s most
comprehensive convention centers that is aimed at
bringing individuals and institutions working in diverse
habitat and environment related areas together.
 Divided into five blocks which are connected with aerial
walkaways, IHC can conduct up to 20 concurrent
sessions from socio-cultural events and exhibitions to
business and economic events.
 It has a Visual Art Gallery, Library and Resource
Center, Learning Center, Amphitheater, Conference &
Banquet Halls and Restaurants.
 The India Habitat Centre was started in 1993.

11.  The chairman of HUDCO and the architect Joseph
Allen Stein decided to radically change the traditional
image of an office building as an architectural project
and transformed it into an urban design project.
 The space was designed to permit the members of the
Centre to share services both inside and outside the
building with multiple courtyards, common meeting
rooms, shared parking area, library, restaurants,
museum, and hotels, some of which are open to the
general public..
 Numerous events are held in the premises of the India
Habitat Center. Various workshops are also conducted
such as art, dance and film workshops. Photography
exhibitions and talk are a popular feature in the center.
Film screenings are also conducted such as those by
Kriti Film Club which are open to for public.

12. TRIVENI SANGAM ARTS CENTRE
 Triveni Kala Sangam is an important cultural and arts
complex and education centre in New Delhi.
 Founded in 1950, by Sundari K. Shridharani, who was
also its Founding Director, Triveni, as it is commonly
referred, contains four art galleries, a chamber theatre,
outdoor theatre, open air sculpture gallery, besides this
it runs its various arts, music and dance classes.
 It is situated on Tansen Marg, between Mandi House
roundabout and Bengali Market.
 The complex also houses Triveni Chamber Theatre,
Triveni Garden Theatre (outdoor theatre), Triveni
Sculpture Court - an open air sculpture gallery),
students' hostels, Prakriti- a potted plant nursery, and a
bookshop. Several classes in various dance and music
forms, painting, and photography are offered at the
Triveni complex.
 The Triveni complex contains four art galleries,
namely Shridharni Gallery, Art Heritage Gallery,
Triveni Gallery and a basement gallery run by Art
Heritage. While Shridarini is the largest gallery

13. INTERIOR PICS OF TRIVENI SANGAM ARTS