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<![CDATA[Front Desk Architects and Planners Forum - Conservation]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:08:56 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Jeypore portfolio of architecture details Part-1 Coping and Plinths]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=3636 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:36:31 +0000 Manish Jain]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=3636 Jeypore portfolio of architecture details
Part-1 Coping and Plinths :

Plate 1 : Coping from Zanana palace , Jas Mandir, Diwan Khana and Ganesh pol at Amber, Jaipur

Plate 2 : Coping from Jagatsarwan Mandir (Jagat Shiromani Ji temple) and Bhatji's House at Amber

Plate 3 : Coping from Madho-Bilas and Cenotaph of Maharaja Sawai Jaysingh at Jaipur]]> Jeypore portfolio of architecture details
Part-1 Coping and Plinths :

Plate 1 : Coping from Zanana palace , Jas Mandir, Diwan Khana and Ganesh pol at Amber, Jaipur

Plate 2 : Coping from Jagatsarwan Mandir (Jagat Shiromani Ji temple) and Bhatji's House at Amber

Plate 3 : Coping from Madho-Bilas and Cenotaph of Maharaja Sawai Jaysingh at Jaipur]]> <![CDATA[Jaipur - A UNESCO World heritage city]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=3391 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:55:08 +0000 Manish Jain]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=3391 The walled city of Jaipur, in India’s north-western state of Rajasthan was founded in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh II. Unlike other cities in the region located in hilly terrain, Jaipur was established on the plain and built according to a grid plan interpreted in the light of Vedic architecture. The streets feature continuous colonnaded businesses that intersect in the centre, creating large public squares called chaupars. Markets, shops, residences and temples built along the main streets have uniform facades. The city's urban planning shows an exchange of ideas from ancient Hindu and early modern Mughal as well as Western cultures. The grid plan is a model that prevails in the West, while the organization of the different city sectors (chowkris) refers to traditional Hindu concepts. Designed to be a commercial capital, the city has maintained its local commercial, artisanal and cooperative traditions to this day.

Definitely not for international visibility or UNESCO branding as it already has both. The sole intention of inscribing Jaipur on WH is to protect and safe gaurd its Outstanding Universal Value which seemed to be getting lost with developmental pressures recently. Just the recommendation itself led to changes such as declaring the walled city as no construction zone, continuing with INTACH inventorying, City Wall project, HIAs and adopting Architectural Control Guidelines. With inscription this will further ensure action on 6 points outlined by WHC and ICOMOS. This is the difference in enabling works in developed vis a vis developing countries that all in World heritage need to understand.

Three criteria's which makes Jaipur in World heritage list

Jaipur is an expression of the astronomical skills, living traditions, unique urban form and exemplary innovative city planning of an 18th century city from India.

Criterion (ii):
Jaipur is an exemplary development in town planning and architecture that demonstrates an amalgamation and important interchange of several ideas over the late medieval period. It shows an interchange of ancient Hindu, Mughal and contemporary Western ideas that resulted in the customized layout of the city. It is believed that Raja Jai Singh arrived at the final layout after a thorough analysis of several town plans sourced from across the globe. Following the grid-iron plan prevalent in the west but with traditional zoning, superimposed by the desire to rival Mughal cities, Jaipur reflected new concepts for a thriving trade and commerce hub that became a model for the later towns in the adjoining Shekhawati region and others parts of Western India.

Criterion (iv):
Jaipur represents a dramatic departure from extant medieval cities with its ordered, grid-like structure – broad streets, crisscrossing at right angles, earmarked sites for buildings, palaces, havelis, temples and gardens, neighborhoods designated for particular castes and occupations. The main markets, shops, havelis and temples on the main streets were constructed by the state, thus ensuring that a uniform street façade was maintained in Jaipur. The city planning of Jaipur remains a unique response to the terrain that amalgamates ideas from an ancient Indian treatise to contemporary global town plans and Imperial Mughal architecture to finally produce a monumental urban form, unparalleled in its scale and magnificence for its times. While the grid iron pattern of planning has been used historically in city planning, its application at such a monumental scale for a planned trade city, along with its particular urban form, makes it an important example in the history of urban planning of the Indian subcontinent. The continuity of the architecture and urban form is enhanced by the functions of trade and craftsmanship that reflect the living heritage character of this innovative urban settlement.

Criterion (vi):
Historically, the city is said to have housed “chattis karkhanas” (36 industries), the majority of which included crafts like gemstones, lac jewellery, stone idols, miniature paintings, each with a specified street and market some of which continue to exist. During 19th century, the local crafts received further momentum with British period influences in special exhibitions held in United Kingdom, establishment of institutions such as the Rajasthan School of Arts and Albert Hall Museum. While the local traditions of guilds continued, formal institutions for crafts, policies and programmes by Government and the private sector further contributed to national and international recognition of Jaipur crafts in the 20th and 21st centuries. There are 11 surviving crafts, and continuing building crafts of Jaipur contribute much to the conservation works of the city, and the renowned craftsmen from Jaipur continue to conserve and restore historic structures across many cities in India.

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https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1605/
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]]> The walled city of Jaipur, in India’s north-western state of Rajasthan was founded in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh II. Unlike other cities in the region located in hilly terrain, Jaipur was established on the plain and built according to a grid plan interpreted in the light of Vedic architecture. The streets feature continuous colonnaded businesses that intersect in the centre, creating large public squares called chaupars. Markets, shops, residences and temples built along the main streets have uniform facades. The city's urban planning shows an exchange of ideas from ancient Hindu and early modern Mughal as well as Western cultures. The grid plan is a model that prevails in the West, while the organization of the different city sectors (chowkris) refers to traditional Hindu concepts. Designed to be a commercial capital, the city has maintained its local commercial, artisanal and cooperative traditions to this day.

Definitely not for international visibility or UNESCO branding as it already has both. The sole intention of inscribing Jaipur on WH is to protect and safe gaurd its Outstanding Universal Value which seemed to be getting lost with developmental pressures recently. Just the recommendation itself led to changes such as declaring the walled city as no construction zone, continuing with INTACH inventorying, City Wall project, HIAs and adopting Architectural Control Guidelines. With inscription this will further ensure action on 6 points outlined by WHC and ICOMOS. This is the difference in enabling works in developed vis a vis developing countries that all in World heritage need to understand.

Three criteria's which makes Jaipur in World heritage list

Jaipur is an expression of the astronomical skills, living traditions, unique urban form and exemplary innovative city planning of an 18th century city from India.

Criterion (ii):
Jaipur is an exemplary development in town planning and architecture that demonstrates an amalgamation and important interchange of several ideas over the late medieval period. It shows an interchange of ancient Hindu, Mughal and contemporary Western ideas that resulted in the customized layout of the city. It is believed that Raja Jai Singh arrived at the final layout after a thorough analysis of several town plans sourced from across the globe. Following the grid-iron plan prevalent in the west but with traditional zoning, superimposed by the desire to rival Mughal cities, Jaipur reflected new concepts for a thriving trade and commerce hub that became a model for the later towns in the adjoining Shekhawati region and others parts of Western India.

Criterion (iv):
Jaipur represents a dramatic departure from extant medieval cities with its ordered, grid-like structure – broad streets, crisscrossing at right angles, earmarked sites for buildings, palaces, havelis, temples and gardens, neighborhoods designated for particular castes and occupations. The main markets, shops, havelis and temples on the main streets were constructed by the state, thus ensuring that a uniform street façade was maintained in Jaipur. The city planning of Jaipur remains a unique response to the terrain that amalgamates ideas from an ancient Indian treatise to contemporary global town plans and Imperial Mughal architecture to finally produce a monumental urban form, unparalleled in its scale and magnificence for its times. While the grid iron pattern of planning has been used historically in city planning, its application at such a monumental scale for a planned trade city, along with its particular urban form, makes it an important example in the history of urban planning of the Indian subcontinent. The continuity of the architecture and urban form is enhanced by the functions of trade and craftsmanship that reflect the living heritage character of this innovative urban settlement.

Criterion (vi):
Historically, the city is said to have housed “chattis karkhanas” (36 industries), the majority of which included crafts like gemstones, lac jewellery, stone idols, miniature paintings, each with a specified street and market some of which continue to exist. During 19th century, the local crafts received further momentum with British period influences in special exhibitions held in United Kingdom, establishment of institutions such as the Rajasthan School of Arts and Albert Hall Museum. While the local traditions of guilds continued, formal institutions for crafts, policies and programmes by Government and the private sector further contributed to national and international recognition of Jaipur crafts in the 20th and 21st centuries. There are 11 surviving crafts, and continuing building crafts of Jaipur contribute much to the conservation works of the city, and the renowned craftsmen from Jaipur continue to conserve and restore historic structures across many cities in India.

for more detail...
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1605/
https://www.facebook.com/airnewsalerts/v...246760580/

]]> <![CDATA[Indian Art And Architectural Heritage course]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2974 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:48:29 +0000 Shirish Sukhatme]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2974 Indian Art And Architectural Heritage course
Bhujang bodade
1. Introduction

2. Yadava, Kakatiya, Chandel, Hoysala Dynasties Art And Architecture Presentation

]]> Indian Art And Architectural Heritage course
Bhujang bodade
1. Introduction

2. Yadava, Kakatiya, Chandel, Hoysala Dynasties Art And Architecture Presentation

]]> <![CDATA[The gurugram home from the bygone havelia to present day apartments]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2960 Sun, 24 May 2020 15:21:13 +0000 Manish Jain]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2960 The gurugram home from the bygone havelia to present day apartments
by shikha jain

]]> The gurugram home from the bygone havelia to present day apartments
by shikha jain

]]> <![CDATA[Arthuna the lost glory - danny cherian]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2849 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:55:54 +0000 R L kumar]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2849 Arthuna the lost glory
danny cherian

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Taken from ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Nov-Dec 2000]]> <![CDATA[Calcutta Conservation Aspects - Nilina Deb Lal]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2848 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:27:58 +0000 R L kumar]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2848 Nilina Deb Lal

The heritage of Calcutta has only recently entered the consciousness of its citizens and lawmakers. For many years after independence, the historical , and sociological relevance of the Calcutta of that era lay unrecognized and even heavily abused. It is only in the last decade that there have been a few scattered attempts at conservation, and a very slowly emerging awareness of the need for conservation not only for historical reasons but also as an investment for the future.

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The heritage of Calcutta has only recently entered the consciousness of its citizens and lawmakers. For many years after independence, the historical , and sociological relevance of the Calcutta of that era lay unrecognized and even heavily abused. It is only in the last decade that there have been a few scattered attempts at conservation, and a very slowly emerging awareness of the need for conservation not only for historical reasons but also as an investment for the future.

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Taken from ARCHITECTURE+ DESIGN Nov-DEC 2000]]> <![CDATA[Kaiserbagh, the garden palace Lucknow Neeta Das]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2841 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:58:48 +0000 R L kumar]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2841 Kaiserbagh, the garden palace Lucknow
Neeta Das

The English word 'paradise' is simply a transliteration of the old Persian word pairidaeza referring to a walled garden; pairi means around and daeza means wall.' The paradise promised in the holy Quran is a beautiful garden, with shade and water as its ideal elements. 'Garden
underneath which rivers flow' is a frequently used expression for the bliss of the faithful, and occurs more than thirty times in the Quran.
In the paradise garden four main rivers are specified water, milk, wine and pure honey. Also, fruit trees in abundance are mentioned. The concept of a paradise garden was originally conceived from the quartered garden, known in Persia as the char bagh, or four gardens, divided by means of four water channels and contained within a private walled enclosure.

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Neeta Das

The English word 'paradise' is simply a transliteration of the old Persian word pairidaeza referring to a walled garden; pairi means around and daeza means wall.' The paradise promised in the holy Quran is a beautiful garden, with shade and water as its ideal elements. 'Garden
underneath which rivers flow' is a frequently used expression for the bliss of the faithful, and occurs more than thirty times in the Quran.
In the paradise garden four main rivers are specified water, milk, wine and pure honey. Also, fruit trees in abundance are mentioned. The concept of a paradise garden was originally conceived from the quartered garden, known in Persia as the char bagh, or four gardens, divided by means of four water channels and contained within a private walled enclosure.

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Taken from ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN nov dec 2000]]> <![CDATA[The Case of Krishan Mandir- Kishankot Punjab]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2838 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:57:55 +0000 Savyasaachi]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2838 The Case of Krishan Mandir
Kishankot Punjab
Dr. Savyasaachi and Gurmeet S Rai
In Punjab, parallel to the political geography of the green revolution and terrorism, there is a sacred geography of the historic buildings (one thousand and five hundred buildings were listed in seven of the thirteen districts located in the midst of urban and rural settings (a survey undertaken by the 'Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative' (CRCI) of historic building along the GT road . Many of these sites bring together a rich virasat (cultural heritage) of inter-religious cooperation and exchange.

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Kishankot Punjab
Dr. Savyasaachi and Gurmeet S Rai
In Punjab, parallel to the political geography of the green revolution and terrorism, there is a sacred geography of the historic buildings (one thousand and five hundred buildings were listed in seven of the thirteen districts located in the midst of urban and rural settings (a survey undertaken by the 'Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative' (CRCI) of historic building along the GT road . Many of these sites bring together a rich virasat (cultural heritage) of inter-religious cooperation and exchange.

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taken from ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Nov.-Dec. 2000]]> <![CDATA[Rehabilitation of Bagore ki Haveli Mewar]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2836 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:07:58 +0000 Manish Jain]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2836 Rehabilitation of Bagore ki Haveli Mewar
Restoration Architect Dr. Rajiv Khanna

Built on the banks of Lake Pichola in 1671 by Arnarchand Barwa, chief minister at the court of the Maharana of Mewar, Bagore ki Haveli acquired prominence as the home of Nath Singh, the second son of Maharana Sangram Singh II (1710-1734 AD). who was given the title- Maharaja of Bagore. The eminent position Bagore held in the political hierarchy of Mewar as the thikana (feudal house) of the second son, is clearly reflected in the planning, rich architectural detailing and grandeur of this 134 room haveli, which historians have compared with the royal palaces and forts of Mewar: Studied holistically and in comparison to other havelis of the same period, it is the perfect embodiment of medieval Rajput style and the social and cultural milieu of its times.

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Taken from ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Nov-Dec 2000]]> Rehabilitation of Bagore ki Haveli Mewar
Restoration Architect Dr. Rajiv Khanna

Built on the banks of Lake Pichola in 1671 by Arnarchand Barwa, chief minister at the court of the Maharana of Mewar, Bagore ki Haveli acquired prominence as the home of Nath Singh, the second son of Maharana Sangram Singh II (1710-1734 AD). who was given the title- Maharaja of Bagore. The eminent position Bagore held in the political hierarchy of Mewar as the thikana (feudal house) of the second son, is clearly reflected in the planning, rich architectural detailing and grandeur of this 134 room haveli, which historians have compared with the royal palaces and forts of Mewar: Studied holistically and in comparison to other havelis of the same period, it is the perfect embodiment of medieval Rajput style and the social and cultural milieu of its times.

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]]> <![CDATA[Karli caves]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2561 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:03:13 +0000 sumit patni]]> https://frontdesk.co.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=2561 Karli caves

The Karla cave complex is built into a rocky hillside around 60 km (37 mile ) from Pune, with large windows cut into the rock to light the cave interiors.

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