Originally built for to house the Ford Foundation Headquarters in India, the building is currently used by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). It is part of a complex of buildings designed by American architect Joseph Allen Stein on the Lodi Estate, including the India International Center (1962), UNICEF Headquarters (1981) and India Habitat Center (1993). The Ford Foundation is currently located at the Ford Foundation Guesthouse, also built in the Lodi Estate in 1968.
Sources:
Rahman, Ram. 2001. "A Built Legacy: Joseph Allen Stein, 1912-2001". Frontline Website.
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1823/18230810.htm. [Accessed September 12, 2005]
White, Stephen. 1993. Building in the garden : the architecture of Joseph Allen Stein in India and California. Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press.
