Bombay Art Deco Architecture presents a treasury of Art Deco buildings comprising residential, commercial and civic architecture. These monuments were created during the mid '30s and '40s, a glamorous and optimistic era that predated the official end of the British Raj. The architects, a small list of first-generation Indian architects and builders, were mostly educated in English schools and trained in western architectural traditions. Impatient with the British reluctance to shed the Gothic and Indo-Saracenic architectural styles that had dominated Imperial Bombay's urban landscape, these visionaries were determined to imbue the city with a new modern style. That style shares its provenance with the Art Deco architecture of Miami Beach, termed 'Tropical Deco' by author Laura Cerwinske in her seminal 1981 book. Built in the same era, the Art Deco architecture of the two cities exhibits similar scale, geometry, tropical vocabulary, and love of romance.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ROLI Books Pvt LTD
ISBN-13
9788174364470
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90336512
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bombay Art Deco Architecture: a Visual Journey (1930-1953)
Author
Navin Ramani
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
238mm
Item Width
236mm
Item Weight
1266g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Navin Ramani
Country/Region of Manufacture
India
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