Archinect - Features 2024-05-01T22:22:41-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150048645/the-changing-culture-of-architecture-in-modern-india The Changing Culture of Architecture in Modern India Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta 2018-02-15T09:00:00-05:00 >2022-06-27T13:01:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jy/jykndqsamegpolk7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The changing culture of architecture in modern&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/284/india" target="_blank">India</a>, both as a lifestyle and as a profession, has been eye-opening. In terms of lifestyle, we never predicted the extent to which architecture and design could affect us as well as the society and culture we live in, nor did we predict how deeply symbolic of our beliefs and attitudes they&rsquo;d become. As a profession, the huge wave of development and technology that caused us to try and ape everything that didn&rsquo;t belong to us, has made us question and search for our own identity and provoked us to revisit the solid traditional roots and foundation of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/643819/indian-architecture" target="_blank">Indian architecture</a>.</p>