Expert-Led Visits to Modern Buildings of Ahmedabad: Week-Long-In-Person Training on ‘Modern Architecture Conservation in India’ 2025

Ahmedabad is a city where ‘modern architecture’ emerged as a building culture. The city has a rich repertoire of 20th C buildings, structures and places that house knowledge on the modern movement. The in-person component of the course ‘Modern Architecture Conservation in India – 2025’, jointly conducted by Getty, INTACH Heritage Academy and CEPT University, integrated learning through visits to some of these most exceptional modern buildings, led by experts. Each expert discussed a thematic thread that wove into the course content. The buildings and experts who led the visits were:

1. Faculty of Architecture Building at CEPT – by Nigar Shaikh
2. CEPT Archives – by Kartikeya Shodhan and Saman Quraishi
3. Millowner’s Building – by Jigna Desai, Nigar Shaikh and Mehul Shah
4. Indian Institute of Management Campus – by Shubhra Raje
5. Tagore Hall - by Shreyank Khemalapure
6. National Institute of Design - by Catherine Desai and Shreyank Khemalapure
7. Sangath – by the team at Sangath
8. Villa Sarabhai
9. Sardar Patel Stadium – by Chirashree Thakkar and Dhruvesh Shah
10. L.D Institute of Indology and LD Museum – by Sujata Parsai, Priyanka Kundu and Sunanda V. Sudhakar

We thank the owners, custodians and stakeholders of these buildings and institutions who made these visits possible and the experts who made them truly memorable experiences!