Manzil-e-Hindustan cultural centre Hyderabad
- Vol.88(5-6), May-Jun
- Mumbai The Indian Institute of Architects 2023
- 44-48p.
First propositioned by the Government of India in the early 1970s, each of the then 21 Indian States (1970) were to set up an ‘India House’ or ‘Bharat Bhavan’ in an effort to patronise and promote the local arts and culture that formed the core of India’s identity and character. Under this scheme, the Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, designed by Charles Correa, was the first and only such cultural centre to have been built under this scheme back then. The competition brief explored this very theme and invited architects and students to submit ideas and interpretations for a 21st century Bharat Bhavan—a centre for the arts in today’s growing and contemporary context. The participants were also allowed to work on a site of their choice.