The masterplan for the Amaravati Government Complex in Andhra Pradesh spans approximately 1500 acres and forms the central focus of the new 217-square-kilometre capital city. Lead Design Architect – Foster Partners, with Lead Collaborating Architect – Architect Hafeez Contractor, designed this prominent government complex comprising the legislative assembly, high court, and secretariat buildings. Situated along a 5.5 km x 1 km stretch on the banks of the River Krishna, the complex is defined by

Take a virtual tour of the Great Shrine of Amaravati in south-east India, once one of the most important Buddhist monuments in the world. Founded around 200 BC, the site flourished for over a thousand years, and the domed structure may have contained a relic of an important spiritual teacher or of the Buddha himself. The site was gradually abandoned during the 14th century, and by the late 18th century materials from the Shrine were being recycled for new buildings and temples. In the 19th centu