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Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India: The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Colonial and Post-colonial Society [Kietas viršelis]

(Madhavi Desai, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India),
  • Formatas: Hardback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis: 246x174 mm, weight: 630 g
  • Serija: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jan-2012
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1409427382
  • ISBN-13: 9781409427384
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis: 246x174 mm, weight: 630 g
  • Serija: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jan-2012
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1409427382
  • ISBN-13: 9781409427384
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own physical and photographic documentation, and building on previous work by Anthony King and the Desais, the authors show the evolution of the bungalow's architecture from a one storey building with a verandah to the assortment of house-forms and their regional variants that are derived from the bungalow. Moreover, the study correlates changes in society with architectural consequences in the plans and aesthetics of the bungalow. It also examines more generally what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved.

Recenzijos

'Though a great deal of lucid writing exists on monumental Indian architecture, few architects today have given scholastic space to domestic buildings. The book is both an amalgamation of the many forms of the Indian house, as well as a distillation of that strange hybrid called the bungalow. Rigorous research expected of the impeccable credentials of the authors, places the once dormant subject squarely on the literary table. A scholarly work, immensely readable.' Gautam Bhatia, Architect, India 'This rich documentation and interpretation of the Bungalow in India propels our understanding of its contemporary and mutated manifestations and establishes its deep influence on our thinking about cities in South Asia - the book is a great handbook for practitioners in India.' Rahul Mehrotra, Harvard University, USA

List of figures
ix
Preface xv
1 Introduction: The Bungalow: Its Origins and its Evolution in Twentieth-Century India
1(10)
PART I The Family House
2 A Point of Departure: Residential Building Types in India in 1900 - Indigenous and Colonial
11(52)
3 The Utility of the Bungalow as a Precedent for Twentieth Century Residential Architecture
63(10)
PART II The Evolution of the Bungalow and its Offspring in the Twentieth Century
4 Suburbanization, Cultural Change and Building Type Modifications
73(50)
5 Architects, Architectural Fashions and Stylistic Shifts
123(40)
6 Regional Climates and Cultures and House Form: Diversifying and Homogenizing Factors
163(28)
PART III Postscripts
7 Apartments and Bungalows, Villas and `Farm' Houses
191(18)
8 Conclusion: The Disappearing Bungalow?
209(8)
Bibliography 217(10)
Index 227
Jon Lang, Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Director for urban design at ERG/Environmental Research Group, Inc., Philadelphia Pennsylvania,USA