Ramani, Navin
ISBN: 9788174364470, 8174364471
The book presents a treasury of Art Deco building comprising residential, commercial and public architecture created during the glamorous and optimistic era of the mid 1930s and 1940s.
Dwivedi, Sharada et al.
ISBN: 9788190382151, 8190382152
Art Deco emerged in India in the early 1930s with Bombay serving as the crucible for its birth. Interestingly, while its appearance paralleled the waves of nationalism and the aspirations of swarajya or self-rule, the style was virtually a spontaneous burst of exuberant westernisation before independence. Art Deco arrived in India, literally on the shores of Bombay, spurred by the great reclama...
Sapir, Shaul
ISBN: 9788192072135, 8192072134
The present volume tells the captivating story of Baghdadi Jewish Community in Bombay and their unique contribution to the urban landscape of the city during the latter period of the British Raj. The author traces the scattered sites erected by the members of the Jewish community, explores their history and illuminates the evolution of their changes over the decades.
Dhaka, Ambika
ISBN: 9788180903007, 8180903001
This book introduces Hadoti region in spectacular way touching upon geography, topography, river system and deliberating its historical background. A special feature of the book lies in a discussion on temples and its remain at Darra, Char-Choma, Rangpur, Keshoraipatan and Chandrabhaga.
Mathur, Vinod N
ISBN: 9788190562515, 8190562517
The book provides glimpses of the history and heritage of the buildings, bridges and steam locomotives of Northern Railway, one of the largest Zones of the Indian Railway system. It covers the growth and development of the system from its beginnings till recent times and provides interesting accounts of some of the extraordinary challenges faced by railway men and women during their careers. A ...
ISBN: 9789385360237, 938536023X
The book is a comprehensive chronicle that will influence and enhance the contributions of future architects, preservationists, designers and planners who share Brinda Somaya's convictions.
Shafiqullah, Shah Muhammad
ISBN: 9789843333070, 9843333071
The book presents a comprehensive account of the calligraphic ornamentation and its stylistic development in Sultanate Architecture of India. A huge corpus of materials on the epigraphy of the period has come to light through publications of the departments of archaeology of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Gharipour, Mohammad et al. (ed.)
ISBN: 9780748669226, 0748669221
This major reference work focuses on architectural inscriptions through the Muslim world, from the emergence of Islam to the present day. What were the purposes of these inscriptions? How do they infuse buildings with culturally specific meanings, sacred or profane? What do they add to architectural design? What sorts of materials were used, and how do they interact with light and space? Who we...
ISBN: 9789385360138, 9385360132
With an insightful analyses of multiple buildings across Chandigarh, the author illuminates the compositional poetry evident in Le Corbusier's structures, and the ways in which the patina of time has changed the city. This volume offers commentary on not just the intentions and plan that shaped Chandigarh, but also the dialogue of what they have become. A visceral journey through a remarkable m...
Pal, Pratapaditya
Accounts of the architecture of Nepal as also of her art have hitherto formed sections of general travelogues or isolated chapters in volumes devoted largely to Indian art and architecture. Among the writers of the latter are many scholars who have never visited this secluded and little known country and, therefore, have remained unaware of the possibilities of the subject being treated in its ...
Chatterji, Tathagata
ISBN: 9789385724169, 9385724169
This book attempts to dig out the underlying socio-political factors which have shaped cities, like Gurgaon and Margarpatta city, the way they are. It explores the histories behind their creations the problems they face and their prospects for the future.
Halder, Sibabrata et al
ISBN: 9789380648163, 9380648162
ISBN: 9780944142189, 0944142184
Lang, Jon
ISBN: 9788178243054, 8178243059
Written in an extremely readable manner, it traces, from the 1920s till the end 20th century, the architectural and political influences, identifies the pioneers and the trendsetters, describes the styles with its variations, mutations and revivals and studies the search by the Indian architect for an appropriate idiom.
Biswas, SS (b.1938) (ed.)
ISBN: 9788174790880, 8174790888
The present book is an outcome of a seminar-cum-workshop held at Kangla Fort Imphal, Manipur from 22nd-24th April 2005. The topic of discussion was brick built monuments of North-east India with special reference to Manipur.
Shah, Jagan
ISBN: 9788174364463, 8174364463
This book showcases emerging and established talent in the field of Indian architecture during the last two decades, and devotes itself to unique designs ranging from residential and commercial to public spaces.
Katakam, Ramu
ISBN: 9789385285547, 9385285548
The intention of this book is to explore, through photographs and illustrations, the architectural spaces that were conceived to transcend space and time. In this book, there is an attempt to rediscover the quest for eternity and the relationship with the cosmos through the creation of stone structures that give a glimpse of a world beyond this one.
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