On November 3rd, 2022, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the decision to end the restoration works for elements of the campus designed by Louis Kahn with Indian architects Balkrishna V. Doshi and Anant Raje in 1962. The decision affects the faculty blocks, classroom complex, and dorms other than dorm D15. According to the statement, the institution plans to replace some of the buildings, as the complex is ?facing structural damage, deterioration and have become uninhabitable, posing a safety concern for the campus's residents.? This represents a reversal of the decision to withdraw the first demolition plans following global protests, announced in January 2021.

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On November 3rd, 2022, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the decision to end the restoration works for elements of the campus designed by Louis Kahn with Indian architects Balkrishna V. Doshi and Anant Raje in 1962. The decision affects the faculty blocks, classroom complex, and dorms other than dorm D15. According to the statement, the institution plans to replace some of the buildings, as the complex is ?facing structural damage, deterioration and have become uninhabitable, posing a safety concern for the campus's residents.? This represents a reversal of the decision to withdraw the first demolition plans following global protests, announced in January 2021. Read more »

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