"28.—Government of Madhya Bharat—Sanitary Engineer." In Model houses...
Do you live in a black cotton area? If you want to build a house there, you have reason to worry—your foundations have to be particularly strong and costly on that account. This house, a special...
View Article"29.—Northern Railway." In Model houses constructed in the international...
The house has been put up by the Northern Railway, and its special feature is that it is earthquake proof. The structure is extremely light and the lightness is a result of the use of a wooden...
View ArticleBeverley, Eric Lewis."Colonial urbanism and South Asian cities."Social...
[excerpt] In Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark 1966 film, the French colonial city of Algiers strikes a dramatic posture, split in two by a fortified barrier administered by imperial forces.1 The cordon...
View Article"30.—Northern Railway." In Model houses constructed in the international...
This house of Northern Railway has been found suitable for the various regions in which this Railway operates. It is based on traditional design and traditional material.
View Article"31.—Government of Assam." In Model houses constructed in the international...
This house designed and constructed by the Government of Assam, is particularly suitable for areas with very heavy rain-fall. It uses bamboo and cement for walls and galvanised iron sheets for tile roof.
View Article"32.—Military Engineering Service—Hot and Wet." In Model houses constructed...
A cheap one-roomed house constructed by the Military Engineering Service.
View Article"33.—Associated Cement Companies." In Model houses constructed in the...
There are, for various reasons, places where bricks are extren1ely costly. This model house, put up by the Concrete Association of India, uses cement sand hollow blocks instead of bricks, but you must...
View ArticleCentral Public Works Department."34.—Central P..W.D.—Assam Model—5." In Model...
This is a house suitable for areas with a very heavy rainfall. It is constructed with woven bamboo and plaster with cement mortar on both sides. The framework consists of wooden posts which support the...
View ArticleKarandikar, Priyanka.Chawls: Analysis of a middle class housing type in...
This thesis documents and analyzes a building-type called chawl in Mumbai, India. Typically occupied by middle class residents, chawls provide access to a range of services and, most importantly, a...
View Article"Farmer's Training School."Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects 59,...
Location of project: Banas, Palanpur, North GujaratYear of completion: 1983 Name of client & consultants: National Dairy Development Board, Anand. Client: Banas Dairy, Palanpur. Covered Area...
View ArticleRamaswamy, Sumathi."Maps and Mother Goddesses in Modern India."Imago Mundi 53...
J. B. Harley notes that 'maps as an impersonal type of knowledge tend to "desocialize" the territory they represent; they foster the notion of a socially empty space'. Focusing on twentieth-century...
View Article"43.—Government of P..E.P.S.U.—Patiala." In Model houses constructed in the...
A house with good compact design, put up by the Government of PEPSU. It uses mostly common building materials but the roof is precast.
View ArticleGirish Dariyav Karnawat, Shallon John Crasta, Siddhart Tandur, and Ritu...
These are the study model pictures of an ongoing project on board in Kerala. An attempt was made where in the sketches of various alternatives were directly extruded into physical models.
View ArticleDavids, T. W. Rhys."Art. X.— Sîgiri, the Lion Rock, near Pulastipura, Ceylon;...
In Lat. 7° 59′ N., Long. 81° E., about fourteen miles N.E. of Dambulla, and about seventeen miles nearly due W. of Parâkrama Bâhu's capital, Pulastipura, is the singular natural stronghold referred to...
View ArticleDewar, Stephen."The Ceremony of Erecting a Megalith among the Angami...
[excerpt] DURING the now almost legendary slump of the early 1920's, for two cold-weather seasons I found myself out of a job as a Tea Planter in Assam where I had returned after War service in the...
View ArticleVenkatachalapathy, R., Mohamed R. Asanulla, C. Manoharan, and T....
Archeointensity (AI) data from India are necessary in order to constraint the global models of the Earth's magnetic field. Unfortunately, no attempts have been made in India for archeointensity...
View ArticleRao, V. V., T. S. Vasulu, and A. D. W. Rect Babu."Possible paleopathological...
An Iron Age (megalithic) skull recovered from a cist burial complex at Agripalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, exhibits extensive erosion of the calvarium, areas of sclerotic diploe, irregular osteitic and...
View Article"Head Quarters of Bhopal Development Authority."Journal of The Indian...
Location of project: Bhopal, India. Year of completion: 1990 Covered Area: 3600 sq. meter. Consultant Structural: Mr. Sharad Shah
View ArticleChattopadhyay, Swati.Depicting Calcutta. Theses. Berkeley: University of...
At the beginning of the nineteenth century most English visitors to Calcutta recorded positive impressions. Calcutta acquired a reputation for its fine buildings; it was called the "city of palaces."...
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