Between Self and Citizenship: Doxiadis Associates in Postcolonial Pakistan,...
In the two decades following the creation of Pakistan,1 its government embarked on a lofty project to establish Muslim nationalism as both a binding factor for the country’s culturally different east...
View ArticleMemory, modernity and history: the landscapes of Geoffrey Bawa in Sri Lanka,...
This paper discusses the landscape garden of Lunuganga, Sri Lanka, designed by the architect Geoffrey Bawa for himself after 1948. It assesses this space as a site of memory and a location where...
View ArticleArt, Artefacts and Architecture: Lord Curzon, the Delhi Arts Exhibition of...
In the long decade after the victorious Boer and Boxer Wars in Africa and China and before the outbreak of the First World War, the short period marking the heyday of British (as well as other European...
View ArticleColonial and post-colonial memorial parks in Lucknow, India: shifting...
A critical review of public parks in Lucknow, India shows that they are predominantly memorials to historic events and settings for historic monuments. They celebrate the cultural identity of the city...
View ArticleFrom Marrakesh to India: A Colonial Maharaja’s Pursuit of Architectural Glory...
This article explores a case of feisty internationalism in India's Islamic architecture during the colonial era. An Indian ruler with a passion for building, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh (1872-1949), ruler...
View ArticleBetween Dominance, Dependence, Negotiation, and Compromise: European...
The article discusses the imposition of European models of architecture and urban planning within India, as well as the negotiations and compromises that took place in shaping colonial urbanism....
View ArticleThe Notion of Nation: Protagonist Behind the Post-Colonial Elite Domestic...
It is widely considered that the post-colonial period is undoubtedly one of the most seminal eras in the trajectory of Sri Lankan architecture. On the other hand, the houses of the island’s elite...
View ArticleOn the Cultural Identity and Ecclesiastical Architecture of Colonial City...
The Portuguese conquered Goa in 1510 and soon converted a large number of Goans to Christianity. The state and the church worked in an open collaboration, suppressing the Hindu faith and penalizing...
View ArticleJamshedpur: Planning an Ideal Steel City in India
The steel city of Jamshedpur originated in a small company town in the backwaters of eastern India as a new experiment in urbanism in 1907. The article critically examines its evolution to trace the...
View ArticleInappropriately Appropriated or Innovatively Indigenized?: Neighborhood Unit...
This article traces the long-term development of the neighborhood unit concept in Indian planning practice and literature. By concentrating on the role and actions of post-independence planners, this...
View ArticleConclusion: Sri Lankan Nature as Problem Space
Not long ago, I boarded a Sri Lankan Airlines flight at Katunayake International Airport in Colombo, bound for London Heathrow. I had been on a short visit from the UK, one of the aims of which was to...
View ArticleOver-Determinations: Architecture, Text, Politics
Just moments after the architect Channa Daswatte spoke of a ‘sacredness’ inherent in good design (see Chapter 6), I asked him whether he thought there was anything at all political about tropical...
View ArticleUrban agglomeration impact analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques...
Malegaon district has witnessed rapid urban growth over the past three decades, which has resulted in vast ecological and environmental issues, both in urban and peri-urban areas. This study proposes a...
View ArticleCG Blomfield: Last Architect of the Raj
Tillotson, Giles."CG Blomfield: Last Architect of the Raj."South Asian Studies 24, no. 1 (2008): 133-139.
View ArticleLinnaeus Tripe; Documenting south Indian architecture
For a number of modern commentators, Linnaeus Tripe's Indian photographs conjure up the timeless Orient: for one the images evoke ‘the romantic dream of the exotic East’,1 for another they record ‘the...
View ArticleUncovering India: Studies of nineteenth-century Indian photography
Over the past three years, academic interest in nineteenth-century photography from India has been growing at a rapid pace. Seven significant books, as well as numerous important articles, have been...
View ArticleEarly Indian Architecture; Cities, City Gates, Etc.
In “Cities and City Gates,” Dr. Coornaraswamy states that the “City in Indian culture belongs to early Asiatic culture and cannot be regarded as either characteristically Aryan or as a recent...
View ArticleThe expression of movement in architecture
‘Movement’ in Architecture can mean different things, and the idea of ‘expressed movement’ has, alone, been variously conceived. This article attempts to distinguish between these notions and propose a...
View ArticleBirabalabhadrapur: A Brahmin Village in Orissa
Hardy, Adam."Birabalabhadrapur: A Brahmin Village in Orissa."South Asian Studies 15, no. 1 (1999): 67-83.
View ArticleTouching space: Ambedkar on the spatial features of untouchability
Although B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, is well known for his struggle against caste and the practice of untouchability, his ideas have seldom been linked to concepts...
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