Book on noted architect Hasmukh Patel released

The book presents 51 of Patel’s most significant projects out of over 300 buildings he designed in four decades.

By: Express News Service
Ahmedabad | September 12, 2016 02:11 AM IST

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The book was released Sunday at one of his designed projects, St Xavier’s Newman Hall in Ahmedabad.

AS A tribute to the renowned works of architect Hasmukh Patel and a contribution to the ongoing documentation of modern Indian architecture, a book on his work – The Architecture of Hasmukh Patel: Selected Projects 1963-2003 – was released Sunday at one of his designed projects, St Xavier’s Newman Hall in Ahmedabad.

Authored by architects Catherine Desai and Hasmukh’s son, Bimal Patel, president of CEPT University, the book presents 51 of Patel’s most significant projects out of over 300 buildings he designed in four decades. Some of the projects covered in the book were Ahmedabad’s landmarks Patang restaurant on the banks of Sabarmati, Reserve Bank of India, Eden Garden Stadium and Centre Point Apartments.