The Structure: Works of Mahendra Raj The Structure Explores the Work of Mahendra Raj,

The Structure explores the work of Mahendra Raj, Indias most significant structural engineer. Examining Rajs sixty prolific years of practice, this volume looks at his unusually inventive and intuitive work and how he has offered pioneering engineering solutions for buildings in exposed concrete. As this book shows, many of his structures can be seen as monuments narrating the history of architecture in postindependence India.The Structure features twentyeight of Mahendra Rajs buildings in detail through rich photographs and color reproductions of archival plans. Essays are contributed by Raj himself and by the architects Neelkanth Chhaya and Jaimini Mehta. Also included are interviews with Raj by the architect Sanjay Prakash and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, a conversation with the architect BV Doshi, as well as an illustrated complete list of Rajs works.