India’s first known women architect: Eulie Chowdhury

Early Life and Education The Chandigarh Project Expertise and Contributions Beyond Architecture Urmila ?Eulie??Chowdhary is a name rarely heard in Indian architecture history when talking about the Indian proteges of Le?Corbusier,?at the time of the Chandigarh project. Honestly, it is not surprising?considering?the profession is still?extremely?male-dominated. Eulie managed to find a way to evade the strict…

ByParvathi JayasankarJune 9, 2024

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