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ARCHITECTURE AND MONUMENTS

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Delhi's architectural landscape is a fascinating amalgamation of diverse styles, each contributing to the city's unique character and historical narrative. Indo-Islamic Architecture, Mughal Architecture, British Colonial Architecture, Modern and Contemporary Architecture, Vernacular and Indigenous Architecture, Art Deco, Post-Modern Architecture- all styles showcase a rich tapestry that reflects Delhi's long and layered history. Explore the architectural lores behind Delhi's landmarks like Qutub Minar Complex, Humayun's Tomb, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate, Connaught Place, Lotus Temple, Akshardham Temple, The India Habitat Centre on this page.

Contents

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  56. Zaidi, S. (2020). A Topography of Survival: 1984 and the Making of-Street in Delhi. Astrágalo, 1 (27), 135-140.

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Humayun’s Tomb and Adjacent Monuments

World Heritage Series

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Jama Masjid: Call of the Soul

N.L. Batra

Delhi: Phoenix City

C. S. H. Jhabvala

Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker and Imperial Delhi

Robert Grant Irving

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Indian Architecture:
Buddhist and Hindu

Percy Brown

Negotiating Cultures
Delhi Architecture and Planning from 1912 to 1962

Pilar Maria Guerrieri

The Changing Cultural
Space of Mughal Gardens

James L. Wescoat Jr.

HUMAYUN'S TOMB: FORM, FUNCTION, AND
MEANING IN EARLY MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE

GLENN D. LOWRY

Funerary Landscape in Pre-Mughal Delhi Sultanate
(1206-1555)

Yves Porter

Case Study on Architecture of Lotus Temple

Mohammed Sahil
Prafull Kothari

The Contemporary Architecture of Delhi: a Critical History

A.G. Krishna Menon.

Mughal Architecture

Ebba Koch

The Tughluqs: Master Builders of the Delhi Sultanate : Muquarans, vol. 1

Anthony Welch and Howard Crane

Delhi Domes in Transition

Shubhru Gupta

New Delhi

Robert Byron

Islamic Monuments of Delhi

Ranjan Kumar Singh

 

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Qutb Minar and Adjoining Monuments

World Heritage Series

Dilli's Red Fort by the Yamuna

N.L. Batra

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Monumental Matters

Santhi Kavuri-Bauer

नयी दिल्ली के शाही महल

Sumanta K. Bhowmick

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Indian Architecture: Islamic Period

Percy Brown

British Houses in Late Mughal Delhi

Sylvia Shorto

MUGHAL PALACE GARDENS FROM BABUR TO SHAH JAHAN

Ebba Koch

Monuments of Delhi Circle

ASI, Delhi Circle

Confrontation, Compromise and Reconstruction of The Walled City of Shahjahanabad

Ajit Singh

CONSTRUCTION OF AN ICONIC SIGNATURE BRIDGE IN DELHI

V N Heggade
Shishir Bansal

NEHRU AND THE DELHI MODERN MOVEMENT: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN DELHI 1947-1980

Ram Rahman

Architecture of Ancient Delhi

Henry Hardy Cole

Construction of diplomatic embassies, post-independence New Delhi

B. Dandona
P. Sachdeva

BROWN AND BLUE, WITH LOTS OF GREEN:
GURCHARAN SINGH AND MAKING A PLACE OF NEW DELHI

Annapurna Garimella

The Work of Beauty: The Architecture and landscape of Rashtrapati Bhavan

Narayani Gupta- Editor
Ram Rahman- Photographer
Publications Division of India

DELHI AND ITS INHABITED IMAGINARIES. ARCHITECTURES OF LIVING

Astragalo No. 27

Delhi Top 10 Heritage: Baolis

Vikramjit Singh Rooprai

Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments of Delhi

Rakhshanda Jalil

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Where Stones Speak
Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the First City of Delhi

Archaeology and the Monumental Remains of Delhi

Stephen Carr

Indian Castles
1206-1526
The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate

Konstantin S Nossov

Delhi—Beyond its ‘appearance’

Anupam Bansal

Delhi’s identity in contemporary architecture as a capital

Faizan Zahid

Cultural Hybridity in 19th‑century Delhi:
the architectural exploits
of Resident Major General
Sir David Ochterlony KCB Bt, Delhi’s ‘Loony Akhtar’ (crazy star)

Jyoti Pandey Sharma

Architecture as Diplomatic Instrument? The Multi-Layered Meaning
of the Belgian
Embassy
in New Delhi (1947–83)

Bram De Maeyer, Fredie Floré and Anne-Françoise Morel

Architecture of the Kinetic City: A Case Study of the heterogenous Space at Netaji Subhash Junction, Delhi, India

Nishant Vishwa

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Architecture of Mughal India

Catherine B. Asher

HERBERT BAKER, NEW DELHI AND THE RECEPTION OF THE
CLASSICAL TRADITION

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay and Sagar Chauhan

A TOPOGRAPHY OF SURVIVAL: 1984 AND
THE MAKING OF A STREET IN DELHI

Sarovar Zaidi

BUILDING HISTORIES: THE ARCHIVAL AND AFFECTIVE
LIVES OF FIVE MONUMENTS IN MODERN DELHI

Mrinalini Rajagopalan

A major research project sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Dr. Niraj Kumar Singh
Project Director

Prof. Sangeeta Mittal
Co-Project Director

 divercity22icssr@gmail.com
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