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TAGORE HALL
== Introduction == Tagore memorial hall is a performing arts building situated at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The hall is designed by the architect, ‘Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi’, popularly known as B. V. Doshi. He has also designed other prominent buildings like Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; CEPT Institute, Ahmedabad and the Aranya Low Cost Housing development, Indore, etc. Through this memorial hall, the city honours the legendary artist Rabindranath Tagore. Many of the renowned plays have been enacted here. Many other annual programs of different organisations and many cultural programmes are also been held here. This memorial hall holds an important place as it brings the people of varied cultures, communities, castes, religions, etc. together.

== History == Tagore memorial hall was designed by Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, in 1966, in the memory of India’s well known polymath, Shri Rabindranath Tagore. This shows the influence of Rabindranath Tagore in the field of Literature which is still carried on in Ahmedabad through the medium of Tagore Hall. The auditorium is situated in the centre of the hall where all the cultural events are held. There have been many steps taken by the government for the renovation and maintenance of the hall. In 2011 there was a lot of spending by the government for the reconstruction of the building. Its foundation stone was laid by the former Prime Minister of India, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru on 4th April, 1961.

Dimensions
The Tagore memorial hall was lobby was outlined by Balkrishna doshi in 1966. The building is a bit of brutalist engineering. A progression of inflexible edges in fortified cement collapsed plates gives the external shell to this corridor. Vertical folds are 17m high, expanding top to bottom from 1.15m at the base to 2.4m at the best with a steady plate thickness of 15cm. Even creases are 2.4m profound and traverse 33.5m with a plate thickness of 10cm expanding to 15cm close to the backings.