Raj Rewal

Raj Rewal ( * 1934) is an Indian architect of critical regionalism.

To combine modern architecture and regionalism is the declared aim of Rewal. He is primarily known through the design for 800 residential units in the Asiad Village to house the athletes during the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. This project lehmbrauner exposed concrete and interconnected by walkways courtyards are obeisance to traditional villages in Rajasthan. Rewal previously the structure of narrow streets in Jaisalmer had studied. After completion of the Games, the apartments were sold to public employees.

The National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi (1983-1985), in a beige wash concrete and divided by red-brown stripes, consists of larger and more compact building structures. The units are arranged around a square courtyard, with the acquisition Rajasthani designs leads to a harmonious proportions.

By the end of the 1970s Rewal had been a leader in India for aggressive, großknochige structures that hold up the optimism of its first high-rise building, the National Trade Fair, Delhi 1972.