Urmila Eulie Chowdhury
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Landscape Architect, Designer, Teacher, Writer
Birth City: Shahjehanpur
Birth State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Birth Country: India
Resident Country: India
Notes: Member of a (now defunct) writer's group from 1958-63 with revived briefly in the 1970's; has also written "Memories of Le Corbusier" about working and relaxing with him and Pierre jeanneret (the publishers have retained the typescript but have not informed Ms. Chowdury whether it will be published)
Archive/Repository: Office of the Chief Architect, Punjab: Correspondence with Le Corbusier, Drawings of buildings, furniture, and interior design
Sources: International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, World Who's Who of Women, 1978
Specialties
Subject: Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Description: Geographical focus
Subject: Jails
Subject: Focal villages
Subject: Housing
Subject: Parks
Subject: Commericial areas
Description: Shopping centers, parking
Subject: Tourist complexes
Description: Hotels, administration, townships
Subject: Public building for government departments
Description: Health, education, police
Subject: Various parts of New Jersey
Description: Geographical focus
Subject: States of Punjab and Haryana
Description: Geographical focus
Subject: Private houses in Delhi and Calcutta
Description: Geographical focus
Subject: Interior designer in Ahmedabad, India
Description: Geographical focus
Jobs
Employer: Punjab
Title: Chief Architect
Country: India
Employer: Self-employed
City: Chandigarh
Country: India
Collaborators
Name: Pierre Jeanneret
Country: delete
Notes: during the time he was first Senior Architect at Chandigarh (1951-65)
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Description: as a painter, she held two one-man exhibitions
Country: delete
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: Windsor House School
Degree: Cambridge School Certificate
Notes: Kobe, Japan
Institution: University of Sydney
Notes: Sydney, N.S.W.
Institution: Julian Ashborn School of Art
Degree: Conservatorium of Music, singing and piano
Notes: Sydney N.S.W., 1
Institution: Englewood
Degree: Diploma in Ceramics
Notes: New Jersey
Licensing
License: Royal Institute of British Architects
License: Indian Institute of Architects
Professional Affiliations
Organization: FRIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)
Role: retired
Organization: FIIA (Indian Institute of Architects)
Organization: Chandigarh Amateur Dramatic Society
Role: Founder President and producer of plays in English
Organization: Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh
Role: Founder President
Publications By
Title: The Three Human Establishments
Publisher: Punjab Goud
Notes: Translated Le Corbusier from French to English
Publication: Progressive Architecture
Notes: numerous articles
Publication: Architectural Design
Notes: numerous articles
Publication: Casabella
Notes: numerous articles
Publications About
Publication: Progressive Architecture
Notes: numerous articles
Publication: Architectural Design
Notes: numerous articles
Publication: Casabella
Notes: numerous articles