Kuldip Singh (1934 – 10 November 2020) was an Indian architect and urban planner known for his brutalist architecture designs.

Biography

Palika Kendra building in New Delhi, completed in the 1980s

Singh was born in Simla in 1934. He received the Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Delhi Polytechnic School in 1951. He was one of many young architects who worked on the Chandigarh Capitol Complex.[1]

He designed the National Cooperative Development Corporation building, and the Palika Kendra for the New Delhi Municipal Council.[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dodson, Michael S. (17 November 2020). "Kuldip Singh (1934-2020): Architect who made his mark on Delhi's modern urban form like few others". Scroll.in.
  2. ^ Laharia, Utkarsha (13 November 2020). "Kuldip Singh, legendary Indian architect, dies at age 86". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ Sharma, Sarkia (29 November 2020). "Kuldip Singh: The architect who changed Delhi's landscape". The Tribune. India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ world, STIR. "Remembering Kuldip Singh (1934-2020): an icon of Modernism in Delhi". www.stirworld.com.
  5. ^ Rewal, Arun (28 November 2020). "Architect Kuldip Singh worked with ground realities to push for change". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. ^ "Remembering Kuldip Singh, an architect who modernised the capital city". The New Indian Express.

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