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The book puts together the authors’ wide-ranging experiences of a 20-year, highly ambitious project: the conservation of the awe-inspiring Nagaur Fort: from its very beginning to its completion. Acknowledged worldwide, this complex, exceedingly demanding project also received the UNESCO Award for Excellence for Conservation of Cultural Heritage in 2002 – a first for any project in India. The Fort’s Conservation was funded, among others, by the ...
The classical and heroic architecture of India has been well documented and fairly well preserved. But the vernacular traditions, despite their closer association with the people, have been ignored. However, the last quarter of the 20th century is significant for two developments which have touched architecture, not only in India, but throughout the world. Firstly, the scope of historic conservation has widened. It now includes urban fabric and other historical ...