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Mumbai Architecture came to be present through the British in the 18th and early 19th centuries. At first it was the neoclassical style of architecture but later, the Victorian Gothic style (also known as Gothic revival) came to dominate the city. Where the neoclassical has an orderly monochromatic presence, the Gothic style is expressive ...
The 19th century Victorian Gothic buildings that lie to the east of the Oval are mainly the Bombay High Court, The University of Mumbai (Fort Campus) and The City Civil and Sessions Court (Housed in the Old Secretariat Building). [6] [2] This stretch also houses one of the landmarks of Mumbai, the Rajabai Clock Tower.
Shimul Javeri Kadri is an Indian architect who is the founder of SJK Architects, an architectural firm in the city of Mumbai, India. [1]It has won multiple international & national awards including the Prix Versailles Award (2016) [2] and the World Architecture Festival Award (2012). [3]
A new architectural style known as the Indo-Saracenic Revival Architecture developed, a combination of British and Indian styles. The best examples of this style are Gateway of India, Taj Mahal Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya [note 2] (formerly Prince of Wales Museum) in Mumbai.
India: Mumbai: 250 metres (820 ft) 60 2021 L&T Crescent Bay 1 India: Mumbai: 245 metres (804 ft) 64 2019 Orchid Crown 1 India: Mumbai: 244 metres (801 ft) 68 2019 [118] Lodha Altamount India: Mumbai: 240 metres (787 ft) 48 2018 Omkar Alta Monte Tower B C India: Mumbai: 240 metres (787 ft) 65 2021 Wadhwa Address by the Bay A India: Mumbai
The Indian Institute of Architects, founded in Bombay in 1929, played a prominent role in propagating the Art Deco movement. In November 1937, this institute organized the 'Ideal Home Exhibition' held in the Town Hall in Mumbai which spanned over 12 days and attracted about one hundred thousand visitors.
The tower has one of the best stained glass windows in the city. [4] Council Building of the University of Mumbai in India, around 1905. The ground floor has two side rooms, each measuring 56 ft × 27.5 ft (17.1 m × 8.4 m). The tower forms a carriage porch 2.4 m 2 (26 sq ft), and a spiral staircase vestibule of 2.6 m 2 (28 sq ft). The Tower ...
The station building is designed in the High Victorian Gothic style of architecture. The building exhibits a fusion of influences from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and classical Indian architecture. The skyline, turrets, pointed arches, and eccentric ground plan are close to classical Indian palace architecture.