Contact and Exchange: Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Design in South Asia

Harvard FAS

This course will study buildings, objects, sites, and themes pertinent to architecture and design in South Asia from the eighteenth century to the present. Our examples will address topics including port cities and their architecture; building typologies such as bungalows, urban and suburban apartments, and village dwellings; silverware and textile objects; new cities and their infrastructure; and colonial and postcolonial institutions of architectural and design training. We will prioritize…