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341: 242:. Built between 1976 and 1989, it is considered to be an important example of modernist architecture in post-Independence India. Rewal used elements from the Japanese 88: 17: 424: 254:. Apart from offices, the building houses the Central Cottage Industries Emporium, a government-run store that retails Indian crafts products. 439: 414: 429: 419: 434: 239: 149: 395: 372: 300: 250:, as seen in the polychromatic sandstone cladding, instead of concrete. The "structurally expressive" design employs 81: 243: 60: 290: 8: 247: 364: 251: 391: 368: 296: 387: 408: 103: 90: 70: 235: 231: 198: 74: 271: 361:
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State Trading Corporation Building
Metabolist-inspired
Tolstoy Marg
New Delhi
Coordinates
28°37′32.6″N 77°13′12.5″E / 28.625722°N 77.220139°E / 28.625722; 77.220139
State Trading Corporation of India
Raj Rewal
New Delhi
Raj Rewal
State Trading Corporation of India
Metabolism
Mughal architecture
Vierendeel trusses
"MRC"
A Concise History of Modern Architecture in India
ISBN
9788178240176
Scriver & Srivastava 2015
Haddad & Rifkind 2014
"36 Hours in Delhi"
Ashgate Publishing
ISBN
9781472429377
Reaktion Books
ISBN
9781780234687
Categories
Office buildings completed in 1989
1989 establishments in Delhi

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