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1951–1966

Designing a New Civic Identity

Chandigarh

Concrete portico and roof of Chandigarh's Palace of Assembly.
The Palace of Assembly at Chandigarh's Capitol Complex.UnpetitproleX · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Modernist principles were applied to a newly planned postcolonial city.

The Rethink

Architecture could become an instrument for imagining a new civic identity.