%0 Magazine Article %D 1973 %T Architectural Education %A Aditya Prakash %A Balkrishna V Doshi %A R. Parpia %X

How sound are the foundations of architectural education in India? How much are they related to our environment? With the standard of living rising slowly and building construction becoming an ever-expanding activity, it’s time some rethinking is done. We had asked several prominent architects and teachers of the subject to send us their points of view. The replies of Mr. B.V. Doshi, Director, School of Planning, Ahmedabad and Mr. Aditya Prakash, Principal, Chandigarh College of Architecture are given below, along with a summary of the other architects’ opinions. In a separate section, Mr. A.R. Parpia, a consulting architect from Bombay, talks about the important role of draughtsmanship in architectural education

 

%B Science Today %I Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. %C Bombay %V 7 %P 36-42 %N 11