Recovering Delhi''s Red Fort
Presence of Past in the Present
Red Fort, Delhi was built in the seventeenth century as the fortress palace of the newly found capital of Shahjahanabad. Built of red sandstone, the fort occupied a huge chunk of land along the river Yamuna. Today, after more than 350 years of turbulent history, the fort stands virtually as an empty shell with a confused mixture of structures within. It stands isolated in terms of its context, Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad) and confused in terms of its usage. The fort is literally a contested landscape in which claims on the same terrain are constantly being renegotiated. Through this book the author tries to demonstrate some of the op…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-8383-7785-8
- EAN: 9783838377858
- Produktnummer: 37659211
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 92 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.6 cm 155 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 155
Über den Autor
Hemani Singh; Master of Science(M.S)in Architecture, Building and Planning, Technical University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Worked for several years in architectural and urban design firms in New Delhi, India and in the Middle East.
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