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Vikas Dilawari
Vikas Dilawari (born 1964) is an Indian conservation architect who has restored at-risk monuments and heritage buildings in Mumbai, including the Victoria Terminus, Rajabai Clock Tower, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Wellington Fountain and Christ Church, Byculla. 16 restoration projects carried out by his team have been recognised by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, including the 2019 work on the Flora Fountain, which was designed by architect Richard Norman Shaw and completed in 1864. Biography Dilawari was born in Mumbai and attended Jamnabai Narsee School. He then went to L S Raheja School of Architecture for a degree in architecture, and later got a master's degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He was awarded a fellowship in conservation studies by the University of York, UK. Career In 1984, as a student, Dilawari worked part-time with Ved Segan, one of the country's first architectural conservationists, who designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L S Raheja School Of Architecture
L S Raheja School of Architecture is an Architecture Institute in Bandra east, Mumbai. established in the year 1953. L. S. Raheja School of Architecture, one of the top Architecture college in Mumbai that offer courses in Architecture and Interior Design which include: Undergraduate degree in Architecture (B.Arch), Postgraduate degree in Architecture (M.Arch in Landscape), Undergraduate degree in Interior Design (B.Voc. in Interior Design), and Government Diploma in Interior Design at Top Architecture College. The college library is a knowledge haven which enriches teaching, learning and research experience for the students and staff. It is well stocked with more than 6000 books, 350 e-books, several design magazines and E- journal subscription on varied subjects like Design, Graphics, Construction, Interiors, Landscape, Architectural Theories and several others. The current location of the Institute is at bandra east is self owned and the construction of the building was compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kala Ghoda
Kala Ghoda (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA:Kāḷā Ghōḍā,(काला घोडा)') is a crescent-shaped art district in Mumbai, India. It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the Jehangir Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Modern Art, and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art. The area hosts the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival annually in February. The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's docklands to the east, Regal Cinema to the south, Hutatma Chowk and Flora Fountain to the north and Oval Maidan to the west. The Bombay Stock Exchange is to its north east. History The name ''Kala Ghoda'' is a reference to the presence of a black stone statue of King Edward VII (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built by Jewish businessman and philanthropist Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, although this statue wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Mumbai
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Alumni Of The University Of York
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School Of Planning And Architecture, New Delhi Alumni
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21st-century Indian Architects
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Living People
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Bruno Souza (architect)
Bruno Dias Souza (born 6 October 1925) is an Indian architect. He is credited with having "belonged to a generation of architects that sought to rediscover what Modern architecture meant for India" and having had an "illustrious architectural career". Early years Souza is known to have grown up in the Goa village of Badem, Salvador do Mundo, and building models of boats and little houses as a child. He was educated at the ''Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque'' in the then Portuguese-ruled Goa. He moved to Dharwad and Bombay for inter-science and a stint in mathematics and physics as part of the B.Sc. programme at St Xavier's College. After his undergraduation and postgraduation in the United States, he worked for international firms in Central as well as South America—including in Brasilia, Brasil, before returning to Goa. In Goa, still under Portuguese rule, he designed government primary and secondary schools. Career Souza was educated at Columbia and Harvard. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abha Narain Lambah
Abha Narain Lambah (born 1970) is an Indian conservation architect whose eponymous architectural practice has restored several of India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Ajanta Caves, Golconda Fort and Mahabodhi Temple, and Mumbai's Victorian buildings like the Crawford Market, Royal Opera House, Asiatic Society of Mumbai Town Hall and Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue. The firm's work has been recognised by 10 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. In 2007 her work of the Conservation of the Chamba Lakhang Buddha Temple in Basgo Ladakh won the Award of Excellence and the Convocation Hall Mumbai University the Award of Distinction UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards. In 2017, their restoration work on the Royal Opera House, India's only surviving opera house, was given the Award of Merit under the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Their ongoing projects are the restoration of the Mughal Garden of Shalimar Bagh Kashmir, Preparation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INTACH
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is a non-profit charitable organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 2007, the United Nations awarded INTACH a special consultative status with United Nations Economic and Social Council.INTACH gets special status for its efforts '''', 30 October 2007. History INTACH was founded in 1984 in with the vision to create a membership organisation to stimulate and spearhead heritage awareness and cons ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower
Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower is a heritage structure in Fort, Mumbai, India, that was erected in 1882 using public funds as a token of appreciation for Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadi, a Parsi philanthropist who had contributed to the cause of education in the city. He was a member of the Bombay Native Education Society and on the board of Elphinstone Institution (now Elphinstone College). He died on 3 July 1862. The building had a functional drinking fountain, and the facade has many elements of Persian architecture, like lamassus at every entrance, and ornate acanthus leaf cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...s. The structure was in extremely poor condition and was repeatedly vandalised (the glass and hands from clock face were often stolen), but it was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulji Jetha Fountain
Mulji Jetha Fountain is a listed heritage structure in Fort, Mumbai that was erected in 1894, following a commission by Ruttonsee Mulji, a cotton merchant who sought to commemorate the death of his only son, Dharamsi Mulji, who died aged 15 in 1889. The statue of a boy on top holding a book represents the son who loved reading. The drinking fountain was designed by architect Frederick William Stevens (who also designed the Victoria Terminus), and he was assisted by John Griffiths, the then principal of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art. The structure is built in Indo-Saracenic style and the carvings employ many Indian motifs. Elephant heads have been used as corbels and water spouts are rendered in the shape of animal heads. After decades of neglect, the fountain was restored in 2017 with funds raised by the Kala Ghoda Kala Ghoda (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA:Kāḷā Ghōḍā,(काला घोडा)') is a crescent-shaped art district in Mumbai, Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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