KHABAR, SAURASHTRA NI Devashree Jadeja & Sneha Bhuva
Wandering through the old city of Rajkot near Prahlad plot, Karanpara and Rajputpara one is often amazed at a surprising shift in building typology. Today when we are facing identity crisis of the apartment typology that is rapidly matching up, tucked away in rugged corners are these quaint deco jewels. Art Deco became popular in Europe during late 1920’s and also has unexpectedly extended to a tiny Western city in India. People have embraced it, by carving their own regional identity within it. Regional Deco hence has become a prominent style in India a few decades later; incorporating traditional iconography with regional climate responsive elements and its European flair.
Art Deco movement in architecture is distinguished from its façades together. It symbolised modernity and showcased an approach of be of a new residential neighbourhood typology with its aspirations roo As Abha Narain Lambah mentioned, this trend came with Bombay’s Parsi industrialists and Royals of the princely states. Bombay deco the city holds one of the largest repositories of Art deco buildings and cultural exchange between Bombay and Saurashtra; until its se unique visual identity to such remote corners of our country.
These very striking structures are located on the most prominent have to infer the vocabulary of Deco elements to recognise these the possibilities of owners aspiration to emulate a particular structu what makes these buildings very unique and fascinating. Sometim this architectural language to its smaller headquarters enabling dec GEC radio. Their iconic art deco magnet houses are situated in Calc we may also find as small office peeking on Dharmendra road. Bein its form and elements, we could identify the ones in Rajkot thro forms like the Green lodge besides Dharmendra road and Dhan continuous cantilevered projections on Canal road, distinct name-p well as numerous geometrical grilles and railings near Karanpara, K surrounded by these structures worthy of being restored and prote for development, let us not get carried away and be more sensitized Unknown, Deco Dekho – Bombay Deco and its Elements 2020 Abha Narain Lambah , Heralding India moderne: Art Deco in Mumbai 2019
