Amdavad ni Gufa

Designed by the architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, it exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain.

[1] The cave-like underground structure has a roof made of multiple interconnected domes, covered with a mosaic of tiles.

[4][6][7] While visiting Ahmedabad, Husain asked his friend Doshi to design a permanent art gallery for the exhibition of his works.

[10] Broken ceramic crockery[5] and waste tiles were used to cover the domes' exterior, which bears a transversal mosaic of a snake.

A partially hidden staircase leads to a circular door which opens into a cave-like space.

Though designed to display paintings, the cave has no straight walls, instead using a continuation of the curved dome structure which extends down to the floor.

The domes themselves are supported by irregularly shaped inclined columns, similar to those found in natural caves.

The cave-like underground structure has a roof made of multiple interconnected domes, covered with a mosaic of tiles.

Inside it, there are irregular tree-like columns that support the domes lines taken from https://www.architectsworld.in/2019/12/amdavad-ni-gufa-basic-facts-about.html Husain used the gallery's walls as a canvas, painting on them with bold strokes and bright colours.

The mosaic tiles on the roofs of the Jain temples at Girnar
Amdavad ni Gufa exterior