An enduring idea
By: Khanna, Amit
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Publisher: Mumbai The Indian Institute of Architects 2022Edition: Vol.88(1), Jan.Description: 93-99p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: As architects, we are often collectively content to create
our own narratives around the relative importance (or
lack thereof) of buildings. This is pointedly true for the
contemporary era, where a building’s worth is deciphered
through many things, including the antecedents of those
who designed, built and photographed it.
However, what is to be made of the kind of architecture that
endures despite every possible attempt by man and nature
to obliterate it. History tells us that the winners write the
stories of battle. Buildings razed down by conquests are
never really the subject of history books. The quwwat-us-
Islam mosque in Delhi, cobbled together from the remains
of destroyed Jain temples is an inelegant assemblage, but
whose ongoing presence has been etched into history.
Simply by virtue of having survived.
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As architects, we are often collectively content to create
our own narratives around the relative importance (or
lack thereof) of buildings. This is pointedly true for the
contemporary era, where a building’s worth is deciphered
through many things, including the antecedents of those
who designed, built and photographed it.
However, what is to be made of the kind of architecture that
endures despite every possible attempt by man and nature
to obliterate it. History tells us that the winners write the
stories of battle. Buildings razed down by conquests are
never really the subject of history books. The quwwat-us-
Islam mosque in Delhi, cobbled together from the remains
of destroyed Jain temples is an inelegant assemblage, but
whose ongoing presence has been etched into history.
Simply by virtue of having survived.
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