Chandigarh’s gridded layout and heroic concrete forms were the antithesis of Edwin Lutyens’ ponderous New Delhi ... social realities. Post-independence Ghana pursued a similar path, with the ...

When India gained independence in 1947, the nation faced a decision that would determine the course of its architectural future: brick or concrete. A seemingly mundane choice of material was ...

But it’s also intimately connected to postcolonial independence and nation-building – in India and Ghana and far beyond. And it’s being reevaluated in contemporary architecture, especially ...

This narrow viewpoint is currently contested and extensive research on post-independence architecture and non-European architects is being conducted. The V&A exhibition attempts to redress this ...