Hall of Nations was a building designed by the Indian architect Raj Rewal, and structurally engineered by Mahendra Raj, that was inaugurated in 1972 as part of the Pragati Maidan exhibition complex in New Delhi, India. The structure was demolished in April 2017 to make way for a new complex. The demolition of the building, which was considered iconic for its architecture, led to widespread global disapproval.[1][2] It was described in The New York Times as a "Brutalist masterpiece", and it was one of the world's largest-span space frame concrete structures, when built.[3][4]
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- ↑ The Unexpectedly Tropical History of Brutalism, Snyder, Michael(August 15, 2019).
- ↑ 'What were they thinking?': your favourite demolished buildings, readers, Guardian(May 3, 2016).
- ↑ Why these buildings were reduced to rubble in 2017. CNN.
- ↑ The Demolition f Delhi's Hall of Nations reveals India's broken attitude to architectural heritage - ArchDaily