On an Art Deco Trail through Mumbai; Uttara Gangopadhyay; Outlook India
Did you know Mumbai is said to have the world’s second largest concentration of Art Deco buildings after Milan?
Did you know Mumbai is said to have the world’s second largest concentration of Art Deco buildings after Milan?
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.
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
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