Architect fights to save India's past, built on 'stone, tears and sweat'
The conservation architect has helped rescue stalled restorations with private donors and community groups while expanding work to more than 20 heritage sites.
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Architect fights to save India’s significant historic sites
For three decades, Abha Narain Lambah has pioneered efforts to preserve some of India’s most significant historic sites — from ancient Buddhist caves and Islamic tombs to Hindu temples and Mumbai’s imperial-era Gateway of India.“My journey began as a concerned citizen,” the 56-year-old architect sai
Architect fights to save India's past, built on 'stone, tears and sweat'
"My journey began as a concerned citizen," the 56-year-old architect told AFP. "I felt very strongly about the way heritage was completely left to decay," Lambah said from her bustling Mumbai office overlooking the glittering Arabian Sea. In the world's most populous nation and one of its fastest-growing major economies, urban development is advancing at dizzying speed. "It's only in the last 30 years that we've managed to have city-wide listin…
For three decades, this architect from Bombay has abandoned the buildings that tell the history of his country. From Buddhist caves to the... Read more Abha Narain Lambah, thirty years to save the stones of India, appeared first on Le Singulier.
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