About Shiv Nath Prasad
Lived 1922 – 2000. Shiv Nath Prasad was an architect.
Shiv Nath Prasad (1922–) was an Indian architect and urban planner known for his Brutalist architecture designs. He was also called the "Le Corbusier of India".
Biography
Shiv Nath was born in Varanasi, British India in 1922.
His work is influenced by Le Corbusier, even though it is not completely clear if the two have ever worked together or not.
His works include the Akbar Hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, which was constructed between 1965 and 1969 with Mahendra Raj for the India Tourism Development Corporation. It has elements of Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation.
He was professor of architecture at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois, at Champaign-Urbana in the 1980' and moved back to Delhi after retirement.
Prasad died in the early 2000s.
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Indian architect (born 1922)
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Shiv Nath Prasad was an architect.
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