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B.V.Harsoda General Sponsor
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 10:49 am Post subject: The Structure: Works of Mahendra Raj |
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The Structure: Works of Mahendra Raj<o></o>
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The Structure
explores the work of Mahendra Raj, India’s mostsignificant structural engineer. Examining Raj’s sixty prolific years ofpractice, this volume looks at his unusually inventive and intuitive work andhow he has offered pioneering engineering solutions for buildings in exposedconcrete. As this book shows, many of his structures can be seen as monumentsnarrating the history of architecture in post-independence India.
The Structure
features twenty-eight ofMahendra Raj’s buildings in detail through rich photographs and colorreproductions of archival plans. Essays are contributed by Raj himself and bythe architects Neelkanth Chhaya and Jaimini Mehta. Also included are interviewswith Raj by the architect Sanjay Prakash and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, aconversation with the architect BV Doshi, as well as an illustrated completelist of Raj’s works.
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vikram.jeet General Sponsor
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Earlier post on Mahendra Raj Saheb in Title ''Some known
Post dated Nov 2021
MAHENDRA RAJ (1924) - STILL ACTIVE
Born in Lahore ,in Undivided India , Mahendra Raj ,a towering & Legendary STRUCTURAL ENGINEER who outshined all leading Architects with whom he worked through his extraordinary oeurve as an artist combining creative passion , imagination , mathematical precision and technical dexterity to empower buildings with structural rigour to stand the test of times.
Generally Structural engineers are unsung heroes , mostly forgotten professionals , but Mahendra Raj changed this ,and Buildings designed by him as structural designer are known merely by his name . He worked with, and advised leading Architects of Country like Le Corbusier , Raj Rewal , BV Doshi, Charles Correa , Kuldip Singh , and many others.
His combination of mathematical sensitivity with aesthetically strong imaginative capability made him an acclaimed craftsman with whom Architects wished to work to fulfill their design visions.
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vikram.jeet General Sponsor
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 3:26 am Post subject: |
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Earlier posting on Mahendra Raj sir Titled SOME KNOWN PERSONALITIES dated Nov 2021
MAHENDRA RAJ (1924) - STILL ACTIVE
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Born in Lahore , in undivided India , Raj was fortunate to travel to East Punjab ( this side ) on 11th August 1947 on last unattacked train.
Raj came from a family of engineers as his father and two elder brothers were engineers. His love for mathematics made engineering as natural choice. After graduating , he joined Punjab PWD as Assistant engineer and was in Simla to oversee Hill Road construction. His aptitude on structural design was known in the Department and he was posted to assist Architect Le Corbusier in Chandigarh .
He attained Masters in structures from University of Minnesota , later taken advanced course in Structures at Columbian University on Scholarship. He returned back to India and established own Practice in Bombay in 1960.
His Structural design excellence reverberated in the structures created by various Architects with Mahendra Raj 's pivotal role , advice and concepts giving Country many - firsts. Be it Hall of Nations , NCDC Office Building , Hindon River Mills , Akbar Hotel , (Delhi/NCR) , Tagore Hall , Municipal Stadium (Ahmedabad), Indoor Stadium Srinagar and many more structures during his seven decades professional working.
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vikram.jeet General Sponsor
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Earlier posting on Mahendra Raj Sir dated Nov 2021
MAHENDRA RAJ ( 1924) - STILL ACTIVE
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Mahendra Raj gave space structures at times , when there were no softwares ( not even a simple software like axle to carry sums/multiplications/formulations ) , electronic calculators were not there , only Log tables and Slide rules were available for calculations. In the manual design era , Raj gave complicated structural formations , speaks volumes about his excellence in structural creativity and deep imaginations.
He established his Consultancy office in Jang pura , Delhi after moving from Bombay long back. The office is named as MAHENDRA RAJ CONSULTANT S.
He is an active member of International Federation of Civil Engineers. He wholeheartedly helped in setting up of Consultancy Development Center ,CDC, at New Delhi. He received many awards and recognitions.
Though , due to paucity of time , I think , he has not penned any book , but his son Rohit Raj Mehendirratta & Vandini Mehta (wife of Rohit Raj) - both Architects alonwith Ariel Huber gave a book on Mahendra Raj's Structural works . The name of Book is ' THE STRUCTURE WORKS OF MAHENDRA RAJ'.
As learnt , one can always see him on evening walk in Lodhi Gardens but very few can match his pace.
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