The Architecture of I.M. Kadri

Born in Mumbai, Kaiwan Mehta, has studied Architecture, Literature, Indian Aesthetics and Cultural Studies. He is a theorist and critic in the fields of visual culture, architecture and city studies. He is completing his doctorate at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru, under the aegis of Manipal University, he has now published as well as exhibited his research work and ideas internationally. Since March 2012 he has been the Managing Editor of Domus India (Spent a Multimedia) and is associated with Jnanapravaha (Mumbai) where he set up the Art, Criticism and Theory programme as well as the Architecture, Resources and Culture segment. He has been elected as the Jury Chairman for two consecutive terms (2015–17 and 2017–2019) for the international artists’ residency programme across 11 disciplines at the Akademie Schools Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. He is also the co-founder and director of Arbour Research Initiatives in Architecture and has been the Executive Committee member with INTACH, Mumbai. Additionally, Mehta has also co-curated with Rahul Mehrotra and Ranjit Hoskote the national exhibition on architecture – “The State of Architetcure: Practices and Processes in India” (UDRI, 2016) at the NGMA, Mumbai. Another book by the author is Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating a Mumbai Neighbourhood. Rajesh Vora, a graduate of the National Institute of Design, India, has been working as an independent photographer with a strong inclination towards editorial and documentary tradition of photography. His concern with urban issues, especially those dealing with Mumbai, has made him collaborate on projects with architects, environmentalists, development groups and filmmakers. He has photo documented architecture projects with social relevance in India for 'The Aga Khan Award' for Architecture Foundation, Geneva, in 2001, 2007 and 2010. His photos have been published in books such as Bombay: The Cities Within (1995, 2001) and he has also contributed to exhibitions such as “Living in the Endless City”, 2011, as a part of The Urban Age Project by London School of Economics. Peter Scriver teaches Architectural History, Theory and Architectural Design. His doctoral research, completed at TU Delft, Netherlands, in 1994, examined the interface between theory and practice in the propagation and institutionalisation of modern architectural and engineering knowledge in colonial India through the agency of the Public Works Department of British India. Scriver has to his credit books such as After the Masters: Contemporary Indian Architecture (1990), Colonial Modernities: Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon (2007) and a recent critical study of modern Indian history through the lens of architecture, with co-author Amit Srivastava.