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The simplicity and maturity of Didi Contractor's thought process in this interview reflects in her work very well.

The focus on the art as well as the artisan and thoughts on the age old question 'form versus function' and much more. Extremely well articulated and a pleasure to read. All architects - read and learn. :)

http://www.immaterialonline.com/didi-contractor-interview/

Didi Contractor – Interview | Immaterial - Publications, Fine-Art Prints, Postcards Didi Contractor, raised in Europe and America, and trained in the arts, married and moved to India in 1951, where she became fascinated with the art, crafts and cultural traditions of her new home. After bringing up a family, and working as a decorator, she shifted to a village in the mountains, whe...

We went for a course on Earthen Architecture but instead were taught a way of life.

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