Bunglow in twentieth-century India : the cultural expression of changing ways of life and aspirations in the domestic architecture of colonial and post-colonial society
Material type: TextPublication details: Ashgate Pub. Ltd. England 2012Description: xxi,234pDDC classification:- 728.373 DES
CONTENTS List of figures ix Preface xv 1 Introduction: The Bungalow: Its Origins and its Evolution in Twentieth-Century India 1 PART I The Family House 2 A Point of Departure: Residential Building Types in India in 1900 - Indigenous and Colonial 11 3 The Utility of the Bungalow as a Precedent for Twentieth Century Residential Architecture 63 PART II The Evolution of the Bungalow and its Offspring in the Twentieth Century 4 Suburbanization, Cultural Change and Building Type Modifications 73 5 Architects, Architectural Fashions and Stylistic Shifts 123 6 Regional Climates and Cultures and House Form: Diversifying and Homogenizing Factors 163 PART III Postscripts 7 Apartments and Bungalows, Villas and 'Farm' Houses 191 8 Conclusion: The Disappearing Bungalow? 209 Bibliography 217 Index 227
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