Kailashnath Temple, also Kailash Temple or Kailasanath Temple is a famous temple dug…in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.
The Kailash Temple is notable for its vertical excavation—carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward.
It is estimated that about 400,000 tons of rocks was scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure.
INDIAN HISTORY LITERALLY NEVER MANAGES TO BE BORING OR EVEN TBQH SHORT OF BREATH-TAKING
Ancient builders didn’t mess around damn, amazing
(Source: atavus)
posted on 13.02.23
Aranya (1989, Indore) is a low-cost social housing project designed by Vaastu Shilpa Foundation, Sangath, the atelier of B.V. Doshi. “It is an innovative sites-and-services project, particularly noteworthy for its effort to integrate families within a range of poor-to-modest income” (Aga Khan Jury). The design engages plurality at the level of a) lot size b) street typology c) housing typology and d) flexibility for adaptation and growth.
posted on 13.01.21
The Kailashnatha Temple, the oldest temple in Kanchipuram, India. The temple is devoted to Lord Shiva, and dates to the early 8th century.
posted on 13.01.04
posted on 12.10.12
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 1962-74
(Louis Kahn)
posted on 12.08.19
Masterplan of Auroville, a Utopian town founded in 1968 in Tamil Nadu, India, designed by architect Roger Anger.
References;
http://ladialectique.wordpress.com/tag/junkspace/. Accessed 2/4/12.
posted on 12.07.23
Le Corbusier - Palais des Filateurs, Ahmedabad 1951. Via, and the rest of the amazing set of Corb images by Cermal Emden here.
posted on 12.05.24
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