A Call to Return: A Journey with Didi Contractor

By:

Swaminathan, Lakshmi

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: India Banyan Tree 2024Description: 168ISBN:

978-93-8240-046-2

Subject(s):

ecology, architecture

DDC classification:

ARCH LAK

Summary: "A Call to Return: a Journey with Didi Contractor offers a record of the life, values, and creations of an extraordinary self-taught woman architect. This book emerges from a collection of transcripts of conversations that Didi had with students and admirers in the last decade of her life. With her passing in 2021, these transcripts coupled with published interviews and articles continue to offer a source of knowledge and inspiration for diverse undertakings. Collated by her last student Lakshmi Swaminathan, A Call to Return covers Didi’s biography, philosophy, approach to architecture, ecology, tradition, and the creative process. Each chapter moves between Didi's words and anecdotes of her everyday life. With a close focus on Didi’s lived experience and the ethics manifest in her relation to the natural and material world, this book offers insights for all who are committed to a more sustainable way of life. As the chronicle of a vibrant exchange across generations, A Call to Return reminds us to cooperate with nature in all of our endeavours. "

Holdings
Cover image	Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
	Books	Arthshila Ahmedabad Cluster: 3C	ARCH/LAK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BK01779

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"A Call to Return: a Journey with Didi Contractor offers a record of the life, values, and creations of an extraordinary self-taught woman architect. This book emerges from a collection of transcripts of conversations that Didi had with students and admirers in the last decade of her life. With her passing in 2021, these transcripts coupled with published interviews and articles continue to offer a source of knowledge and inspiration for diverse undertakings.

Collated by her last student Lakshmi Swaminathan, A Call to Return covers Didi’s biography, philosophy, approach to architecture, ecology, tradition, and the creative process. Each chapter moves between Didi's words and anecdotes of her everyday life. With a close focus on Didi’s lived experience and the ethics manifest in her relation to the natural and material world, this book offers insights for all who are committed to a more sustainable way of life. As the chronicle of a vibrant exchange across generations, A Call to Return reminds us to cooperate with nature in all of our endeavours. "

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