CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction 5 1.1 Chettinad: Location and Geography 6 1.2 Chettiar community: History and social structure 8 Chapter 2: Study of traditional Chettiar settlements and house form 11 2.1 Village Morphology 12 2.2 Chettiar house form 14 2.3 Architectural evolution of the Chettiar houses 18 Chapter 3: The formation of Art-Deco Chettiar bungalow 21 3.1 Origin and development of the bungalow type 22 3.2 The Art-Deco movement 26 3.3 Reasons of adaptation of the Art-Deco bungalow style by the Chettiars 31 Chapter 4: Case studies and Analysis 33 4.0 Base drawings of the case studies 43 4.1 Context studies 79 4.2 Unit studies 89 4.3 Spaces inside the house 103 4.4 Façade 129 4.5 Miscellaneous 143 Chapter 5: Conclusion 149 Appendix A 152 Illustration Credits 156 Bibliography 157 Acknowledgements 159