Building Matters
(WorldNews Health)

Only that change is worthwhile which humanises man,` wrote journalist and political commentator Romesh Thapar, in his treatise `Design for Living´ in 1966. Over the last few years, we have seen the Indian landscape change, both in structure and political will. Buildings have fallen and legacies erased. In a search for new identity post-Independence, architects and engineers drew from the world but had their feet firmly planted on the reality of India. An international conclave in Goa, titled `Modern Heritage`, organised by Studio Matter, will reflect on the years between 1935 and 1995, when ideas were challenged and a new vocabulary for design melded the old...