Cultural Heritage Management

The work began at Liverpool University with the AHRC-supported study of modernity in Indian architecture focused on the ‘otherness’ of Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh, the city planned by Le Corbusier as the post-independence capital of the state of Punjab.

Areas of focus

  • Colonial architecture/minor colonial presences
  • India’s post-Independence architecture
  • Modernism and modernity since the early-19th century

Settlements under threat of rapid urbanisation

The work began at Liverpool University with the AHRC-supported study of modernity in Indian architecture focused on the ‘otherness’ of Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh, the city planned by Le Corbusier as the post-independence capital of the state of Punjab.

Areas of focus

  • Colonial architecture/minor colonial presences
  • India’s post-Independence architecture
  • Modernism and modernity since the early-19th century