indiatouristoffice.org
A register of made things and built places: the tradition, the region, who works it, the material, and what holds it up.
Browse the publication
Section 6 of 6

Colonial and Princely

Imported iron, local stone and a deep shading arcade, laid over ground that had been built on for centuries. These entries read the elevation as a record of who was being addressed.

A deep colonial arcade throwing shade
Iron, arcade and commission.The arcade is not ornament. It keeps sun off the wall and rain off the pavement.Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus) · Wikimedia Commons

Entries in this section

3 entries

As register rows

All 25 entries
№TraditionRegionWorked byMaterialWhat holds it up, or how it is made
23 Iron and arcade Mumbai and the port cities Contract masons and iron founders Basalt, brick, cast iron Imported iron carries the load; the arcade shades the wall
24 Princely commissions Princely capitals of Rajasthan and the Deccan Court architects and local masons Marble, sandstone, tile Built to be read by two audiences at once
25 Layered ground Delhi and other long-occupied sites Successive builders Reused stone Four centuries of building standing on one plot