Himalayan cities: settlement patterns, public places and architecture, foreword by Julia A.B. Hegewald

Shankar, Pratyush

ISBN: 9789383098163, 9383098163

This seminal monograph presents a radically new and distinct approach to studying the built environment of the Himalayas. Lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs and detailed hand drawings, it helps provoke a discourse on this stunning landscape and its architectural nuances.

Himalayan traditional architecture: with special reference to the Western Himalayan region

Handa, OC

ISBN: 9788129115317, 812911531X

This work deals with the secular architective of this region in a holistic manner. These building, built in different environmental settings, have been cost-effective, congenial, functional and eco-friendly, blending harmoniously with their surroundings.

Kala: essays on contemporary design aesthetics (Festival of art, craft, architecture and design etymologies)

ISBN: 9789388757447, 9388757440

Hindu and Buddhist monuments and remains in South-East Asia

Khanna, Amar Nath (b.1936)

ISBN: 9788173053481, 8173053480

Hindu religious art and architecture

Ghosh, Sankar Prosad

ISBN: 9788176467858, 8176467855

This book contains the study of Nadia district, in West Bengal.

Historical landmarks of Lahore: an account of protected monuments

Nadiem, Ihsan H

ISBN: 9789693518696, 9693518691

Saga of forts and fortifications of Rajasthan: a peep into their resplendent glory

Mishra, Ratanlal (b.1925)

ISBN: 9788176465304, 8176465305

This book deals exhaustively with military architecture of Rajasthan in the shape of forts and their fortifications. This book study mainly during the medieval period and describes a large number of forts of the region technically and historically.

Historical forts in Pakistan

Hasan, Shaikh Khurshid

ISBN: 9789694150697, 9694150698

Historical images of Pakistan

Aijazuddin, FS

ISBN: 9789690100252, 9690100254

Using over 235 such illustrations, including rare works by Lt. William Edwards, Sir Keith Jackson, James Atkinson, William Simpson and some early photographs of Quetta in 1900 by Fred Bremmer, each complemented wherever possible by an appropriate extract from contemporary sources, F.S. Aijazuddin has presented a fascinating collage of the major cities of Pakistan as they appreared to outside ob...

History and architectural remains of Sirhind: the greatest Mughal city on Delhi-Lahore highway

Parihar, Subhash (b.1953)

ISBN: 9788173053115, 8173053111

Sirhind, during the Mughal period, was the largest city situated in the midst of the Lahore-Delhi Highway. Even before that the antiquity of the city is traceable to the beginning of the Christian era. Its splendour is often described by the chroniclers and travellers of the period.

History of architecture and ancient building materials in India, 2 parts bound in one

Satish Chandra

ISBN: 9788188305032, 8188305030

The book consists of two parts. The first part deals with the architecture of India and the second part deals with the building materials used in the ancient period. The aim of the book is to give an impression and awareness about the architectural skills existed in the ancient period and how it differed during the different rulers who invaded India.

History of Indian and eastern architecture, 2 vols., rev. and ed., with additions, by James Burgess and R. Phene Spiers

Fergusson, James

ISBN: 9788129117359, 8129117355

History of Indian and eastern architecture, rev. and ed. with additions, Indian architecture, 2 vols., by James Burgess and eastern architecture by R. Phene Spiers, London, 1910

Fergusson, James

ISBN: 9788121503846, 8121503841

A history of interior design in India, vol.1

Chauhan, Muktirajsinhji

ISBN: 9788190409605, 8190409603

This book is the first comprehensive study of the practice of interior design in India. ;The study takes a very deliberate position on the nature and scope of the profession by rigorously structuring the treatment of the representative projects. It is hoped that in doing so, it will differentiate the profession from decorators and architects who have dominated the field for historic reason.; Vo...

Humane approach to urban planning

Choudhary, Priya

ISBN: 9789383419210, 9383419210

The book is an effort to evolve and present a humane approach for urban planning practices in India.

The iconography of architectural plans: a study of the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on plans of South and Southeast Asia

Bunce, Fredrick William

ISBN: 9788124602003, 812460200X

With surveys of diverse `Buddhic' and `Hindic' temples in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and even Malaysia, the book shows how the basic element in their architecture: the PLAN was fraught with iconographic import and input, necessitating the guidance of authoritative compendia, the arcane knowledge of the sthapati (priest-architect), and other complex procedures steep...

The iconography of water: well and tank forms of the Indian subcontinent

Bunce, Fredrick W.

ISBN: 9788124606971, 8124606978

This volume, devoted to the study of water monuments, is heavily loaded with the design of various structures and other vital information. Every detail in this book is assiduously analysed, compared and rechecked to present the dimensions, proportions and relationships of each of the various elements of the structures.

Imperial conversations: Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India

Jayewardene-Pillai, Shanti

ISBN: 9788190363426, 8190363425

The story of Indians and British as they developed a mutual exchange of architectural construction and design knowledge from the seventeenth century onwards, which led to the creation of a distinctive architecture of Southern India in the nineteenth century.

Imperial Delhi: the British capital of the Indian empire

Volwahsen, Andreas

ISBN: 9783791327884, 3791327887

The author discusses the importance of New Delhi's architecture and provides a fascinating account of the making of a city: contentious debates and cultural considerations, inspired design and the painstaking construction, and finally the ways in which New Delhi has evolved into a modern city.

In search of monuments: an atlas of Hyderabad's projected monuments

Shorey, SP (1950- )

ISBN: 9788185194226, 818519422X