JAINA Convention 2007
Federation of Jain Associations In North America
The Interior Design Of The JAINA 2007 Convention Expo Hall:
Splendor Of Ranakpur
The Main Expo Hall has been decorated with huge photographs of the Dilwara Temples on Mount Abu and the Dharna Vihara at Ranakpur, all taken by the German photographer Thomas Dix.
www.dix-fotodesign.deThe interior design of the JAINA 2007 Convention Expo hall with images of Ranakpur temple is a collaborativework of the internationally famous photographer Thomas Dix of Germany and Architect Alvin Holm of Philadelphia.
According to the Architect, "Alvin Holm AIA, Architects is in its thirtieth year as a small general practice firm specializing in traditional design and -historic restoration. While most of our work is residential we have enjoyed a broad range of projects from a civic fountain in Kansas City to a score of new galleries for the Nineteenth Century European Collection at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Increasingly, we are performing consulting services for other architects in the areas of classical and historical design".
Mr. Holm has visited the Ranakpur temple and has created this tasteful display as expression of his passion for Jain art and respect for principles of Jainism
Thomas Dix works as a freelance photographer and lives in Grenzach-Wyhlen close to Basle. Since 1991 he has gone to Northern India numerous times working for various books and calendar projects. The photographs used in the convention hall are from his book
JAINA thanks Mr. Dix for allowing his work to be used at our convention.