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{{Infobox building
|name = State Trading Corporation building
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|location = Tolstoy Marg<br />[[New Delhi]]
|coordinates = {{coord|28|37|32.6|N|77|13|12.5|E|display=inline,title}}
|status =
|start_date = 1976
|completion_date = {{Start date and age|1989|df=y}}
|building_type = Office building
|architectural_style = [[Metabolism (architecture)|Metabolist-inspired]]
|antenna_spire =
|roof = {{convert|84.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|top_floor =
|floor_count = 23, 18, 12 (three towers)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mrc.co.in/sd_9.html|title=MRC|website=www.mrc.co.in}}</ref>
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|cost =
|floor_area = 44,000 sq. m.
|architecture_firm = [[Raj Rewal]] Associates
|structural_engineer= Mahendra Raj
|services_engineer =
|main_contractor = Universal Contractors and Engineers
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|owner = [[State Trading Corporation of India]]
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}}

'''State Trading Corporation building''' (also known as '''Jawahar Vyapar Bhawan''') in [[New Delhi]], India, was designed by the architect [[Raj Rewal]], and is home to the government-owned [[State Trading Corporation of India]]. Built between 1976 and 1989, it is considered to be an important example of modernist architecture in post-Independence India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxyGbhlKQXQC&pg=PA93|title=A Concise History of Modern Architecture in India|first=Jon T.|last=Lang|date=August 1, 2002|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788178240176|via=Google Books}}</ref> Rewal used elements from the Japanese [[Metabolism (architecture)|Metabolism]] style, but departed from it by drawing inspiration from [[Mughal architecture]], as seen in the polychromatic sandstone cladding, instead of concrete.<ref>{{harvnb|Scriver|Srivastava|2015|p=278}}</ref> The "structurally expressive" design employs [[Vierendeel trusses]].<ref>{{harvnb|Haddad|Rifkind|2014|p=388}}</ref> Apart from offices, the building houses the Central Cottage Industries Emporium, a government-run store that retails Indian crafts products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/24/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-delhi-india.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/24/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-delhi-india.html|title=36 Hours in Delhi|first=Justin|last=Bergman|date=November 24, 2016|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |editor-last=Haddad |editor-first=Elie |editor-last2=Rifkind |editor-first2=David |date=2014 |title=A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960-2010 |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |isbn=9781472429377}}
*{{cite book |last1=Scriver |first1=Peter |last2=Srivastava |first2=Amit |date=2015 |title=India: Modern Architectures in History |publisher=[[Reaktion Books]] |isbn=9781780234687}}

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