Main entry:

Desāī, Mādhavī.

Title & Author:

The bungalow in Twentieth-Century India : the cultural expression of changing ways of life and aspirations in the domestic architecture of colonial and post-colonial society / by Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai and Jon Lang.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.

Description:

xx, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Ashgate studies in architecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: The Bungalow: Its Origins and its Evolution in Twentieth-Century India -- pt. I The Family House -- 2. A Point of Departure: Residential Building Types in India in 1900 -- Indigenous and Colonial -- 3. The Utility of the Bungalow as a Precedent for Twentieth Century Residential Architecture -- pt. II The Evolution of the Bungalow and its Offspring in the Twentieth Century -- 4. Suburbanization, Cultural Change and Building Type Modifications -- 5. Architects, Architectural Fashions and Stylistic Shifts -- 6. Regional Climates and Cultures and House Form: Diversifying and Homogenizing Factors -- pt. III Postscripts -- 7. Apartments and Bungalows, Villas and `Farm' Houses -- 8. Conclusion: The Disappearing Bungalow?.

Resources:
Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9781409427384 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409427382 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Bungalows India History.
Architecture, Domestic India History.
Vernacular architecture India History.
Architecture vernaculaire Inde Histoire.
Architecture, Domestic.
Bungalows.
Manners and customs.
Vernacular architecture.
Architektur
Bungalow
Sozialer Wandel
India Social life and customs 20th century.
Inde Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
India.
Indien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Desai, Miki, 1947-
Lang, Jon.
Ashgate studies in architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277140
Call No.: BIB 211833
Status: Available