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MUMBAI READER 2010 Mumbai Reader’10 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE The difficulty in representing Mumbai now is that there is alwayfeeling that such representations may fall into one of the several limitations of reading the city linearly. These limitations of linearity include making gross generalisations, or getting lost [...]

MUMBAI READER 2009 Mumbai Reader’09 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE The difficulty in representing Mumbai now is that there is alwayseeling that such representations may fall into one of the several limitations of reading the city linearly. These limitations of linearity include making gross generalisations, or getting lost [...]

Mumbai Reader 08 Mumbai Reader’08 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE An urban area with a population of 22.7 million, Mumbai is forecast to stretch to an even more ungovernable 25 million before the close of the next decade. More than 60% of the population inhabit less than 8% [...]

MUMBAI READER 2007 Mumbai Reader’07 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE Mumbai Reader is a project intended to be a research collective focusing on Urbanism and is aimed at addressing the lack of publications on Urbanism. The current literature on urbanism in India is predominantly characterised by gross generalisations [...]

MARATHI MUMBAI READER 2006 Marathi Mumbai Reader’06 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE The difficulty in representing Mumbai now is that there is always a feeling that such representations may fall into one of the several limitations of reading the city linearly. These limitations of linearity include making gross [...]

HINDI MUMBAI READER 2006 Hindi Mumbai Reader’06 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE The difficulty in representing Mumbai now is that there is always a feeling that such representations may fall into one of the several limitations of reading the city linearly. These limitations of linearity include making gross [...]

MUMBAI READER 2006 Mumbai Reader’06 is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. PREFACE The difficulty in representing Mumbai now is that there is always a feeling that such representations may fall into one of the several limitations of reading the city linearly. These limitations of linearity include making gross generalisations, or [...]

THE STATE OF ARCHITECTURE PRACTICES & PROCESSES IN INDIA “THE STATE OF ARCHITECTURE: PRACTICES & PROCESSES IN INDIA” is available for purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. INTRODUCTION By 2050, India's cities will be populated by 850 million people. Will India's cities have the ability to house these millions, or be home to them? And [...]

IN THE NAME OF HOUSING A STUDY OF 11 PROJECTS IN MUMBAI FOREWORD In the Name of Housing curated by the studio of architect Sameep Padora (sP+a) was installed to coincide with the The State of Architecture : Practices and Processes in India held at the NGMA, Mumbai between 6 January and 20 March [...]

The Past as Present Pedagogical Practices in Architecture at the Bombay School of Art “The Past as Present: Pedagogical Practices in Architecture at the Bombay School of Art” is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre. INTRODUCTION An exhibition curated by Mustansir Dalvi. From the last decade of the nineteenth century to [...]