Architecture Open Lecture Series 2010 /11

• University of Greenwich
• School of Architecture & Construction
• Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus
• Bexley Road, Eltham, London SE9 2PQ
• Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre (M055)

Wed 20 October 2010 17.00

Mehrdad Shokoohy

TUGHLUQABAD: A PARADIGM FOR INDO‐ISLAMIC URBAN PLANNING

The lecture will discuss the research on the survey of the urban planning of Tughluqabad. The research on this work took over twenty‐four years to complete. The lecture discusses the principles of urban planning in India from the ancient times to the design of New Delhi and Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh.

Mehrdad Shokoohy is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Greenwich. Architect and urban designer specialising in the conservation of built environments with particular interests in the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. His research extends to history, the arts, archaeology, epigraphy and other related subjects in these areas. Author of many books and numerous learned articles.