lt;P>Klaus-Peter Gast (b. 1956) is an architect and building historian. He trained and taught at the Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig Technical University), obtaining his doctorate in 1995 with a dissertation on "Das Indian Institute of Management von Louis I. Kahn. Zur Darstellung des Systems figürlicher Geometrie" ("The Indian Institute of Management of Louis I. Kahn: Representing the System of Figurative Geometry"). Research trips to Rome, Paris, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Ahmedabad, and Dhaka; lectures etc. in Berlin, Hanover, Philadelphia, Bangkok, and Venice. Numerous publications.

The author is a leading authority on Indian architecture who has lived in India since 1997

Foreword 7
The Waking Giant 15
Buildings (1993 – 2006) 25
MODERN INDIAN 26
Vidhan Bhavan Government Building. Bhopal, 1997 26
House in a Plantation. Ahmedabad, 2004 34
Indian Parliament Library. New Delhi, 2003 42
REGIONALISTIC-MODERN 50
Production Building for Synergy Lifestyles. Karur, 2004 50
LATE MODERN 60
Indian Institute of Management New Campus (IIM). Ahmedabad, 2006 60
Town Planning. Mumbai and Bagalkot, under construction 68
MINIMAL-ECONOMICAL 74
CIDCO Lowcost Housing. New Mumbai, 1993 74
CLASSICAL-MODERN 82
Belvedere and Tytan Apartment Blocks. Mumbai, under construction 82
House Leslie Pallath. Cochin, 2005 88
MATERIAL-TEXTURAL 96
Accommodation for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Tuljapur, 2000 96
TRADITIONAL 104
Ayushakti - Ayurvedic Treatment Clinic. Mumbai, 1999 104
Brunton Boatyard Hotel. Cochin, 1999 110
ECOLOGICAL-SUSTAINABLE 118
Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center. Hyderabad, 2003 118
Selected Bibliography 128
Illustrations Credits 128