The Design Development Of Indian Architecture - Softcover

The Design Development Of Indian Architecture

Paperback. Zustand: New. Language: English. About the book:-The author has delved deep into the history of the Indian architecture to highlight the basic facts and necessity of it. The collection of measured drawing and details presented in this publication represents an endeavour to meet a need which everyone has set out to study the elements in Indian Architecture must have felt. In the histories dealing with the subject, such as the excellent one written by Fergusson, the illustrations must need be small, while the plates contained in the various volumes published by the Archeological Survey Department of Government of India, in the well-known Bijapur portfolio and in the other cognate works, are found to deal each with some particular locality or style, and many of them are, if obtainable at all, beyond the means of average students of architecture. This work describes the works by the Chalukya dynasty, the works in Gujarat and Western India, Bijapur and other Mughal styles. Among the cities in which the specimens are taken are Agra, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Bijapur, Champaner, Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, Jaipur, and Nasik. Jain Temple architecture is also noticed. The author was an architect of note, who designed the Jinnah house in Bombay. So, this book is immensely good for the students and researchers About the Author:-Claude Batley F.R.I.B.A., F.I.A.A. was an English architect who as practitioner, teacher and President of the Indian Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1923, played an influential role in development of modern architecture in India in the first half of the 20th Century. Born in Ipswich in 1879 and educated at Ipswich School, Batley served his articles locally and in London leaving for India in 1913. In Bombay he started a successful independent architectural practice in 1917 with partners Gregson and King, a firm of architects which is still extant under the name of Gregson, Batley and King. Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana (1917); Lincoln House (1933), previously Wankaner House, Breach Candy; Bombay Central Station (1930); Dariya Mahal, residence of Maharaja of Cutch (1930), South Court (1936), residence of Mohamed Ali Jinnah; Round Building (1937), Cusrow Baug in Colaba Causeway (193759) and its Agiary, known as The Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary (1938), Bombay Club (1939) later Hotel Nataraj and now Inter-Continental Mumbai, Lalbhai House. The Title 'The Design Development Of Indian Architecture written/authored/edited by Claude Batley', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121233156 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 66 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms Vol: 66. Artikel-Nr. PB1111021019808

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