2024-12-22T10:08:51-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149937900/india-on-the-brink-what-s-in-store-for-the-country-s-architectural-future Laura Amaya 2016-04-04T14:02:00-04:00 >2016-04-09T22:13:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r5/r57amtklrjakybx7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It was less than a century ago that India consolidated itself as a nation, after hundreds of years of foreign domination. Since its independence in 1947, it has worked tirelessly to define its identity; from the political stage to its day-to-day social engagements, India has established itself on the global stage as a rapidly emerging power. Its population is soaring, and is projected to surpass that of China in less than a decade.&nbsp;By 2050, around fifty percent of India&rsquo;s inhabitants will live in cities, amounting to over 800 million people&mdash;over 2.5 times the entire US population today.&nbsp;In such a rapidly evolving society, how can architecture position itself to serve a vastly diverse country while maintaining a unified identity?</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/g9/g9zh8q0ofidopq02.jpg"></p><p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stateofarchitecture.in/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">State of Architecture: Practices and Processes</a>&nbsp;in India, co-curated by Rahul Mehrotra, Ranjit Hoskote, and Kaiwan Mehta, explores the place of architecture in present-day India. The event, organized by the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.udri.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Design Research Institute</a>&nbsp;(UDRI), ran throu...</p>