The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India

Desāī, Mādhavī [u.a.]
The 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 / Madhavi Desai ; Miki Desai ; Jon Lang. - Farnham, Surrey (UK) ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012. - XX, 234 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Ashgate studies in architecture series)
ISBN 978-1-4094-2738-4
£ 65,00
DDC: 728.37309540904

Beschreibung
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. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
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 20TH 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

Autoren
MADHAVI DESAI and MIKI DESAI, both at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India. Homepage: Archicrafts.
JON LANG, Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia

Quellen: Ashgate; WorldCat; Google Books; Amazon (UK)
Bibliographie: [1]

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