2313. President House. New Delhi (India)

 

Dear Norman,

"In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard

thought all through, if it is labored, it fails."

(Edwin Lutyens)

Respectfully,

R

1890. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Chandigarh

 

Dear Jan,

"The purpose of construction is to make things hold

together; of architecture to move us" (Le Corbusier)

Cheers,

R

1814. New Delhi. Parliament House

Dear John,

This is a vintage postcard featuring an aerial view
of New Delhi including the Rashtrapati Bhavan or President House (on the left), the Central Secretariat, 

and the Parliament House with its characteristic 

circular shape resembling the Chausath Yogini 

Temple, Morena.

Regards,
R

1644. The Viceroy's House New Delhi, India

Dear Tanu,

"...and any stone being mentally handled must become
endowed with such poetry and artistry as God as given you"
(Edwin Lutyens)

Regards from magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan,
R

1637. The Secretariats of the Government of India, New Delhi

Dear Tanu,

There is a poet in the architect...

Regards,
R

1448. Secretariat, Chandigarh

Dear Tim,

"All that remains is the dream, the dream of being free,
the dream of being master of one's destiny"
(Le Corbusier, When the Cathedrals were white)

Regards,
R

1444. Lotus-shaped Gandhi Bhawan, Chandigarh

Dear Charles,

"Convenience, subsistence, these are not solutions...
We should have struggled for the conditions of civilization"
(Pierre Jeanneret)

Respectful,
R

1159. Government Museum and Art Gallery. Chandigarh.

Queridos Rafa y Luis,

"El propósito de la construcción es mantener las cosas
juntas y el de la arquitectura es deleitarnos" (Le Corbusier)

Besos,
R

1006. Assembly Hall, Chandigarh

Querida Ines,

"Unas salas no eran mas que rocas, otra eran solo junglas,
en otras se rompian las olas del mar; por otras iban y
venian pavos reales. Del techo de una sala circular pendian
miles de oriflamas." (Las Cosas. Georges Perec)

Pensaba Perec en el Palacio de Asambleas de Chandigarh
cuando escribio este pasaje?

Besos,
R

1000. High Court, Chandigarh

Mary Kate

Hace mil postales que te escribí desde el Palacio da Alborada de Brasilia. Hoy te escribo desde Chandigarh, donde la sensación de vastedad inabarcable es tambien palpable. Sin embargo este edificio del Corbu no parece flotar como el de Niemeyer, sino que esta anclado al lugar exhibiendo su solemnidad y maravilloso equilibrio.

T
R

913. Views of Punjab University. Chandigarh, India

Dear Tanu,

Of all the buildings Pierre Jeanneret designed after 15 years of intensive work in Chandigarh, the Gandhi Bhawan is without doubt his best known. This remarkable building comprises three separate structures under one big single roof and is the home of the Ghandian Studies Library. Its eloquent shape evokes a lotus flower floating on water.

All the best.
R

775. Akbar Hotel, New Delhi

Dear Hasan,

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."
(Pablo Picasso)

Regards,
R

563. Greetings from Chandigarh

Dear Tanu,

"The materials of city planning are sky, space, trees,
steel and cement in that order and in that hierarchy."
(Le Corbusier)

Best regards,
R

498. Baha'i House of Worship, New Delhi, India

Dear Aston & Eileen,

The Bahá'í temple in New Delhi was completed in 1986
and designed by Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba.
Although inspired by the lotus flower, its design is also
very much influenced by Utzon's Sydney Opera House.

Hope you are doing well.
R