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Hasmukh Patel was at the forefront of modern architecture in India. His completed projects include over 300 buildings of many types: private bungalows, theaters, speculative office buildings, banks, schools, religious buildings, factories and many others. He did not speak often about his architectural philosophy. Yet his buildings are full of ideas. He focused on practical problem solving, building to address the issues of a modernising Indian population. He invented a contextually relevant, modern architectural idiom suitable for India, and combined this with an intuitive ability to make beautiful spaces. He navigated the challenges and opportunities each shift provided, bringing his talents to bear equally on institutional, private and speculative projects. Hasmukh Patel’s work helped define modern architecture in India. With contributions from Christopher Benninger, Ismet Khambatta, Bobby Desai, Arindam Dutta and Rahul Mehrotra. Catherine Desai is an architect and graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her knowledge of modern Indian buildings encompasses both well known and obscure work and she is an advocate for the preservation of India’s modern architectural heritage. Bimal Patel is an architect, urban planner and academic, with numerous award-winning architecture, urban design and planning projects to his credit. He is President of CEPT University, and heads HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd.