Morphology
MORPHOLOGY, (Gr. μορφή, form), a term introduced by Goethe to denote in biology the study of the unity of type in organic form (for which the Linnaean term "Metamorphosis" had formerly been employed)....
View ArticleCivics: as Applied Sociology
INTRODUCTIONRead before the Sociological Society at a Meeting in the School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), Clare Market, W.C., at 5 p.m., on Monday, July 18th, 1904; the Rt....
View ArticlePART II.—CAVE TEMPLES OF WESTERN INDIA.
BOOK I. Chapter-I.—Introduction 165Chapter II.—Cave Temples, &c., in Kathiawar 187Chapter III.—The Buddhist Cave Temples in the South Konkan 204Chapter IV.—The Cavks in the vicinity of Karle and...
View ArticleLok Sabha Debate on The School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014, 2nd...
02.12.2014 - 1201 hoursPAPERS LAID ON THE TABLEHON. SPEAKER: Now Papers to be laid.---SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE BILLTHE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI): I...
View ArticleClassification of Buddhist Monuments
The various objects of Buddhist architecture may be catalogued as consisting of :—1. Stûpas or Topes; 2. Ornamental Rails, which however are found only in connexion with stûpas, pillars, sacred trees,...
View ArticleChapter II.- Cave Temples, etc., In Kathiawar
INTRODUCTORYFergusson, James, and James Burgess."Chapter II.- Cave Temples, etc., In Kathiawar." In The Cave Temples of India, 187-202. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticleRajya Sabha Debate on The School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014,...
[DRAFT, uncorrected text]MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Now, let us go to the next item of the Business, that is, the School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014.THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE BILL,...
View ArticleThe Indian Craftsman
By ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY, D.Sc.,author of “Mediæval Sinhalese Art.”With a forword by C. R. Asbee, M.A.Contents PAGES FOREWORDv.—xv. I.Coomaraswamy, Ananda K..The Indian Craftsman. Probsthain's...
View ArticleTwo-storeyed Rock-cut Hall at Junagadh
About 1869, some rock-cut apartments were discovered at the bottom of a descent on the north of the Jama' Masjid on the Uparkoṭ or fort of Junâgaṛh.1 They are of considerable interest, for though...
View ArticleOther caves in Kathiawar
About 30 miles north-west from Junâgaṛh is Ḍhânk, in early times an important city, and a few miles west from Ḍhânk, towards the village of Siddhsar, in a ravine called Jhinjuri-jhar, are five plain...
View ArticleTalâjâ
In the south-east of the Kâṭhiâwâṛ peninsula, at Talâjâ, near the mouth of the Satruṅji river, is an almost conical hill, called in Sanskrit Talugiri, and in modern vernacular parlance the Têkri of...
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Construction Drawings, Mobius House, Goa
Girish Dariyav Karnawat, Piyush Rana, and Vikram Ponappa.Construction Drawings, Mobius House, Goa. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2004.
View ArticleWRIT PETITION Nos.25744 and 27012 of 2014 and M.P.Nos.1 and 1 of 2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 23-01-2015 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. M. SUNDRESH WRIT PETITION Nos. 25744 and 27012...
View ArticleCelebrating Habitat - B.V. Doshi in conversation with Gautam Bhatia
Compared to other visual arts like painting and sculpture, architecture rarely makes it into the gallery. Its confused position as either art or engineering—and often neither—only encourages the...
View ArticlePhysical Infrastructure, Teaching Technologies, Curriculum
Physical Infrastructure SpaceThe minimum standards of Architectural Education prescribe 15.25 sq. mtr. of space per student. For a class of 40 and a total of 200 students, the total space requirement,...
View ArticleLow Cost Housing, New Okhla, 1976
Each unit, of 51m2, consists of three rooms, a bath and water closet, and a cooking alcove. Light and ventilation are provided through perforations in end-walls and the tunneling effect created by the...
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Open Hand and the Pit of Contemplation
The Open Hand crowns the “Pit of Contemplation”, dug out at the Northern fringe of the Capitol. This “Pit of Contemplation” is provided for debates on public affairs. [LCOC Vol. 7 p 108]...
View ArticleAdmission — Eligibility and Selection Procedure
The present position with respect to admission criteria to architecture courses in the country is an outcome of the cumulative wisdom contributed at the previous Workshops on Architectural Education....
View ArticleGive time a Break
I was born into an extended Hindu family. Several generations lived together; some members were 80 years old and some just a few days old. Birth, growth and death were recurring and natural events. So...
View ArticleToward an Appropriate Living Environment: Questions on Islamic Development
During the last three days we witnessed presentations on educational, institutional and recreational buildings by the architects. Dr. ul Haq has spoken of economic and Mr. Soedjatmoko of social issues,...
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