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| client = [[Amdavad Municipal Corporation]] | | client = [[Amdavad Municipal Corporation]] | ||
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| structural_engineer = Mahendra Raj<ref name=":1"/> | | structural_engineer = [[Mahendra Raj]]<ref name=":1"/> | ||
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'''Tagore Memorial Hall''', also known as '''Tagore Hall''', is an [[auditorium]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]. | '''Tagore Memorial Hall''', also known as '''Tagore Hall''', is an [[auditorium]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]. It is designed by [[B. V. Doshi]] in 1961. It is an example of [[brutalist architecture]]. Construction started in 1966 and was completed in 1971. It was renovated in 2013. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Le Corbusier]] had designed the [[Sanskar Kendra]] as a part of the cultural centre of Ahmedabad, and had proposed two other buildings for performing arts which he had termed the "box of miracles" for professional artists and the "spontaneous theatre" for amateur artists. They were never built.<ref name=":1"/> In the 1960s, [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] commissioned [[B. V. Doshi]] to design the hall dedicated to [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at the same site. He completed the design in 1961.<ref name=":1"/> The hall was built from 1966 to 1971<ref name=":0" /> under Mahendra Raj, a structural engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reyar|first=Akrita|date=2019-12-12|title=The man who believed in taming the forces of nature to create iconic structures of modern India|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/the-man-who-believed-in-taming-the-forces-of-nature-to-create-iconic-structures-of-modern-india/526007|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Times Now News}}</ref> | [[Le Corbusier]] had designed the [[Sanskar Kendra]] as a part of the cultural centre of Ahmedabad, and had proposed two other buildings for performing arts which he had termed the "box of miracles" for professional artists and the "spontaneous theatre" for amateur artists. They were never built.<ref name=":1"/> In the 1960s, [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] commissioned [[B. V. Doshi]] to design the hall dedicated to [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at the same site. He completed the design in 1961.<ref name=":1"/> The hall was built from 1966 to 1971<ref name=":0" /> under [[Mahendra Raj]], a structural engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reyar|first=Akrita|date=2019-12-12|title=The man who believed in taming the forces of nature to create iconic structures of modern India|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/the-man-who-believed-in-taming-the-forces-of-nature-to-create-iconic-structures-of-modern-india/526007|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Times Now News}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Tagore Hall Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|Stainless steel portrait of Tagore on the entrance facade|left]] | [[File:Tagore Hall Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|Stainless steel portrait of Tagore on the entrance facade|left]] | ||
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{{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}} | {{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}} | ||
[[Category:Auditoriums]] | [[Category:Auditoriums in India]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]] | [[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]] | ||
[[Category:Modernist architecture in India]] | [[Category:Modernist architecture in India]] | ||