INDO-SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE ON INDIAN RAILWAYS 1890 …
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INDO-SARACENIC
ARCHITECTURE ON INDIAN
RAILWAYS APHTRO CONFERENCE
NEW DELHI
21ST OCTOBER 2016
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ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
ON INDIAN RAILWAYS
NEO-CLASSICAL
ROMANESQUE
GOTHIC REVIVAL
INDO-SARCENIC
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
MODERN
ART-DECO
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INDO SARACENIC
FEATURES
BULBOUS DOMES
DOMED KIOSKS & PAVILIONS
TOWERS & MINARETS
ORNAMENTAL GRILLES
HAREM WINDOWS
BRACKETS
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ARCHITECTS WHO WERE MAJOR
PROPONENTS OF INDO-SARACENIC
STYLE
HENRY IRWIN
ROBERT FELLOWES CHISHOLM
CHARLES MANT
VINCENT ESCH
FREDRICK WILLIAM STEVENS
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BB&CI GENERAL OFFICES - 1899 (NOW WESTERN RAILWAY HEAD OFFICE, MUMBAI)
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BB&CI GENERAL OFFICES
PROMINENT DOMES
USE OF PORBANDAR & DHRANGADHRA STONE
BASE BELOW DOME
MEDALLIONS
STATUE OF ENGINEERING
FOLIATED CAPITALS
USE OF MAWS TILES
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BB&CI GENERAL OFFICES (NOW WESTERN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS)
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EGMORE STATION, CHENNAI -1908
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EGMORE
INFLUENCED BY HENRY IRWIN
DOMES ON A RECTANGULAR BASE
FRIEZES
BRACKETS & MOULDINGS
FIRST FLOOR ARCADE
THE BOOKING OFFICE ORNAMENTATION
PLATFORM COVER
COMPARISION WITH CHARING CROSS
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EGMORE STATION THIRD CLASS WAITING HALL
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M&SM RAILWAY HEAD OFFICE -1922 (NOW SOUTHERN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS, CHENNAI)
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M&SM HEAD OFFICE - 1922
ARCHITECT N.GRAYSON
DESIGN BASED ON ‘DRAVIDIAN’
BUILDINGS
USE OF ‘PALLAVARAM’GRANITE IN PLINTH
PORBANDAR STONE FOR EXTERNAL WALLS
REINFORCED CONCRETE – FLOORS & ROOF
CONSPICUOUS MAIN STAIRWELL
OCTAGONAL DOME, LANTERNS, CURVED
MOULDINGS
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LUCKNOW STATION - 1926
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LUCKNOW - 1926
ARCHITECT JOHN HANNIMAN
PROMINENT DOMED PAVILLIONS
LARGE POINTED ARCHES
DISTINCTIVE PORCH
MAGNIFICENT CIRCULATING HALL
RANGE OF PASSENGER AMENITIES
SUBWAY LINKING PLATFORMS
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LUCKNOW STATION (CHARBAGH STATION – ORIGINAL DRAWING)
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KACHEGUDA STATION
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KACHEGUDA
ARCHITECT VINCENT ESCH
USE OF VIJAYANAGAR BRACKETS
BOLD PERFORATIONS ABOVE THE ARCH
USE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE
DELICATE GRILLE DESIGN
TURRETS AND TOWERS
USE OF BASIC LINES FOR ARTISTIC
EMBELISHMENT
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KANPUR STATION - 1930
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KANPUR CENTRAL STATION
RIBBED DOMES
PAVILLIONS & KIOSKS
ORNAMENTAL GRILLES
DECORATIVE BALCONIES
PROMINENT FINIAL
USE OF THE POINTED ARCH
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PRINCELY
STATES
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MORVI STATION
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GUNA STATION
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MALERKOTLA – 1905
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RAMPUR SALOON SIDING
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CONCLUSION
A RICH ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
NEED FOR CONSERVATION
ENCOURAGE EDUCATION IN APPRECIATING
ARCHITECTURE
COMBINE VISITS TO RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS WITH NOTABLE BUILDINGS
ARCHITECTURE A NICHE TOURIST SEGMENT
PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THIS
AREA
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