Theory of Architecture as a Basis for Architectural Education and Practice
Introduction The main aim of this Seminar is to “clear doubts and to establish ideals about the form of expression in contemporary architecture in India”. The important things to be considered here are...
View ArticleArchitectural Education in India
IntroductionIt is not intended in this paper to attempt a philosophical survey of the entire subject, but to indicate the present academic system of training in architecture. I shall try to discuss...
View ArticleArchitectural Education—An Approach at the National Policy Level
The scope of this paper is not to outline a detailed syllabus and length of various courses in architectural curricula or to suggest the orientation of architectural design subject towards modern or...
View ArticleArchitectural Education
IntroductionEducation is the life stream of a country’s progress. The vigour and vitality of its flow determine the advance in the arts, the sciences and all other spheres of life. A sluggish and...
View ArticleEffect of Technology on Architecture
All pleasures which life has to offer are either those afforded by nature or those created by man. Among the latter, none is more powerful or more far reaching in its influence than the feelings of...
View ArticleBuilding Research—A Scheme for Development
There is yet a confusion as to the meaning and scope of the term building research. It should, therefore, be analysed and classified. Firstly, it includes research on products and materials. It is...
View ArticleEffect of Technology on Architecture
A perfect product of architecture may be said to be that in which technology. function, and aesthetics are not in conflict with one another and which yet, possesses that spark of genius which alone...
View ArticleSome Aspects of Stūpa Symbolism
I. Origin of the Buddhist stūpa. Wherever Buddhism has flourished it has left its visible traces in form of monuments which have their origin in the tumuli of prehistoric times. These tumuli were...
View ArticlePlate XCVII - Ancient Viḩara at Bhâjâ
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate XCVII - Ancient Viḩara at Bhâjâ In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticleIndian Architectural Terms
ACHARYA, P.K., Indian. Architecture According to the Mānasāra-śilpaśāstra, pp. iv, 268, index: A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture, pp. xx, 861, index. Both printed in Allāhābād, published by the OXFORD...
View ArticlePlate XCVIII - Ancient Viḩara at Bhâjâ: Bas Relief at the end of Verandah
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate XCVIII - Ancient Viḩara at Bhâjâ: Bas Relief at the end of Verandah In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticleThe Jain Temple Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
HistoryIn the year 1594-96, according to a preserved inscription, a certain Ratnakuṁyarajī, of the wealthy and well-known Jain clan named Osvāl, with, probably, his sister and daughter as...
View ArticleThe Symbolic Aspect of Form
“Symbolism and imagery (pratīka, pratibima, etc.), the purest form of art, is the proper language of metaphysics.” Says A. K. Coomaraswamy in ‘A New Approach to the Vedas.’ Sacred art of any kind is...
View ArticlePlate I - Scuptures in Katak Caves
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate I - Scuptures in Katak Caves In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticlePlate II - Junâgaṛh: Plans of the Caves at Bâwâ Pyarâ's maṭh
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate II - Junâgaṛh: Plans of the Caves at Bâwâ Pyarâ's maṭh In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticlePlate III - Junâgaṛh
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate III - Junâgaṛh In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticlePlate IV - Junâgaṛh: Rock-Cut Hall at the Uparkoṭ
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate IV - Junâgaṛh: Rock-Cut Hall at the Uparkoṭ In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticlePlate V - Kuḍâ, plan of Cave VI.; Karâdh Cave V.; Śaiarwâdi, three caves.
Fergusson, James, and James Burgess.Plate V - Kuḍâ, plan of Cave VI.; Karâdh Cave V.; Śaiarwâdi, three caves. In The Cave Temples of India. London: W. H. ALLEN & Co., et al, 1880.
View ArticleSeminar on Architecture
Seminar on ArchitectureMarch 1959Inaugurated by SHRI JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, Prime Minister of IndiaPrefatory NoteThis Report contains the papers read at the Seminar on Architecture organised by the Lalit...
View ArticleTwo Coḷa Temples
(Plates I - VI omitted)Brown, Percy."Two Coḷa Temples."Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art II, no. 1 (1934): 2-7.
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