Bombay Art Deco Architecture
A Visual Journey (1930-1953)
- A photographic study of one of Bombay's most interesting districts
- A useful visual reference for any architecture student interested in Art Deco, twentieth century style shifts, or the Indian subcontinent
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 traditionst. 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.
- Publisher
- Roli Books
- ISBN
- 9788174364470
- Published
- 5th May 2017
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding Oceania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
- Size
- 238 mm x 236 mm
- Pages
- 296 Pages
- Illustrations
- 200 color, 50 b&w
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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