2. Life Insurance Corporation, Connaught Place (Charles Correa, 1986)
"The Life Insurance Corporation Building is angular. Connaught Place is round. When you’re building a building that is part of that circle, it has to acknowledge something of that," said Aman Nath. "It can be modern, but it shouldn’t be as if it could have stood anywhere else. Correa’s British Council is a much better building."
3. Malls, Gurgaon (various architects, 1990s—present)
"They’re too busy. There’s too much visual noise. They’re just so intense," said Lakshmi Chand. "Those are examples of buildings we should not do. We have to use glass, but they have just slapped it on."
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4. Nehru Place, Outer Ring Road (DDA, early 1980s)
"The nameless DDA-promoted centres show how urban assets can become liabilities due to callous unconcern for maintenance and creation of community," said Sanjay Prakash.
5. Metro Overground Architec-ture, various locations (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, ongoing)
"The euphoria of trying to meet the Commowealth deadline is detrimental to the development of the city," said Ashok Dhawan, referring to the games that Delhi will host in 2010. "They say, ‘We can’t do an underground link. It’ll take two more years, and we’ll miss the Commonwealth deadline.’ For 10 days, you’ll destroy the city. Underground it goes uninterrupted, you don’t have to cut any trees, your noise pollution is zero."
