Main entry:

Chakrabarti, Vibhuti.

Title & Author:

Indian architectural theory : contemporary uses of Vastu Vidya / Vibhuti Chakrabarti.

Publication:

Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 1998.

Description:

xxii, 212 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.
Foreword / G.H.R. Tillotson -- Introduction: A survey of texts, ancient and modern -- Architectural team. The traditional team. Contemporary users -- System of measurement. Measurement of space. Measurement of time. Ayadi formulae. System of relative proportion. Contemporary application -- Vastu Purusha Mandala. The subdivisions. The body. The lines. Contemporary application -- Orientation. Eastern direction. Southern direction. Western direction. Northern direction. Orientation of activities. Orientation and Vastu Purusha Mandala. Orientation and the Aya formula. Contemporary application -- Site considerations. Parameters of choice. Categories of site. Soil tests. Preparation of site. Contemporary considerations -- Building materials. Timber. Stone. Bricks. Contemporary use -- Defining the built form. Grammar and classification. Rasa and decoration. Concept of alignment. Concept of 'Defects'. Contemporary definitions.

ISBN:

0700711139 (paperback)
9780700711130 (paperback)

Subject:

Vastuvidya.
Śilpaśāstra.
Architecture India.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Inde.
Architecture 20e siècle.
21.60 architecture: general.
Architecture
Bouwkunst.
Theorie.
Architecture India 20th century.
Architecture, Modern India. 20th century.
Architecture Inde 20e siècle Influence antique.
India

Form/genre:

Vāstu Shastra publications.

Added entries:

Vastu Vidya

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201377
Call No.: NA1501 .C5 1998
Status: Available