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Did you know Mumbai is said to have the world’s second largest concentration of Art Deco buildings after Milan?

Source: On an Art Deco Trail through Mumbai

On a lazy Sunday morning, Navi Mumbai-resident Aditi Mathur is up early to prepare a healthy, filling brunch for her in-laws arriving from Delhi for the summers. Aditi, in a bid to make the most of a precious Sunday, hurriedly flips through her favourite event listing site to book a tour for the in-laws.

Source: How to get a taste of Mumbai’s Art Deco heritage

Art deco buildings are Mumbai’s pride, but maintaining them has been a herculean task…

Source: Art in concrete

‘The process of preservation and restoration cannot be perceived as something that is outsourced to the Indian government and heritage conservationists. It has to be a reciprocal process…

Source: How a citizen-led initiative in Mumbai led to an Unesco World Heritage site inscription

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai have been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site…

Source: Victorian Gothic or Art Deco, Mumbai has always taken pride in its mash-up past

South Mumbai’s Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings are now on Unesco’s World Heritage list. How do you identify which is which? Here’s how…

Source: Mumbaiwale: Mumbai’s architectural styles and how to spot them

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For too long, the issue of heritage and implementable heritage legislation has been restricted only to specific buildings.

Source: UNESCO tag for Mumbai precinct shows heritage isn’t just for the museum. You can walk through it too