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A Concise History of Modern Architecture in India is a comprehensive book for undergraduate architects studying Modern Indian Architecture. The book explains the various schools of architecture that are prevalent in today's world in the country and discuss how the field has evolved since the institution of the Indian Institute of Architects. It explains the influence of movements like the Bauhaus as well as prominent individuals like Habib Rehman, Jawaharlal Nehru, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, explaining how monuments, museums, resettlement colonies, housing, offices and movie halls around the country have taken shape. In addition, the book gives readers a collection of 150 photographs which explain how the concepts appear in the real world today. The book is a seminal title on the architecture of India, and helps students understand the evolution of the modern styles better. About Jon Lang Jon Lang is a Professor of Architecture and the former Head of the Department at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is a former Director of the Urban Design Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and a UNESCO consultant in Turkey in addition to being a NATO Fellow in Belgium. Born in Calcutta, he was raised in South Africa and the United States, and taught at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. He has worked with others in writing: Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity, Creating Architectural Theory, and Urban Design: the American Experience.