Book Launch at KRVIA, Mumbai

It is with great joy that KRVIA would like to announce the book launch of the title 'The Emergence of an Indigenous Practice in India - Selected Works of Master, Sathe, & Bhuta - 1932-1956'. This will be followed by a discussion. The book which is authored by Srikant Sathe and Shirish Joshi also features a foreword by Prof. Jon Lang. The book is published by Architecture and Design Foundation (India) in association with KRVIA Publication Cell.

Master, Sathe, & Bhuta form that crucial link in learning and appreciating the complex history of contemporary architecture practice in India. Although the firm began in the art deco stage, they quickly transitioned into designing buildings in the international style and followed it with the post-independence modern style. Theirs was also a period filled with the fervour of Indian nationalism. The firm was able to adopt the nationalist sentiments and simultaneously adapt to new waves of thoughts and technologies in the architecture of their buildings, constantly nurturing the desire to be on a par with the rest of the world and other practices of the time.The book provides an insight into the projects as well as workings of the firm.

Table of Contents

1. Featured Works

  • Mafatlal Bunaglow, Altmount Road
  • Mafatlal Park (now Sea Face Park), Warden
  • Bombay Mutual Building, Fort
  • New India Assurance Building, Fort
  • Lakshmi Insurance Building, Fort
  • Mafatlal House, Churchgate
  • Industrial Assurance Building, Churchgate
  • Kamla High School, Khar
  • Vulcan Insurance Building, Churchgate

2. Timeline of Important Works

3. Redefining Bombay's Public Realm In the 1930s & 1940s (essay by Mustanshir Dalvi)

4. Other Works

5. Annexures

6. Epilogue

Authors: Shrikant Sathe, and Shirish Joshi; Publication Cell, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai.

Publisher: Architecture and Design Foundation (India)

ISBN: 978-81-942830-0-3