PublicationsChinese porcelains and the decorations of Omani mihrabs Goffriller, M. S., Hongjiao, M., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Henderson, J. (2015). Chinese porcelains and the decorations of Omani mihrabs. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol 45, 123-138. Abstract This paper explores the history of the Chinese porcelain trade in Oman with the aim of…
PublicationsTraces of Buddhist architecture in Gupta and post-Gupta Bengal: Evidence from inscriptions and literature Bandyopadhyay, S., Reza, M. H., & Mowla, Q. A. (2015). Traces of Buddhist architecture in Gupta and post-Gupta Bengal: Evidence from inscriptions and literature. Journal of Eurasian Studies, 7(3), 9-19. Abstract This paper discusses the development of Buddhism in Bengal during…
PublicationsChanging communities and discarded landscapes. Strategies and methods towards new life cycles for Omani traditional oasis environments Quattrone, G. & Bandyopadhyay, S., 2013. Changing communities and discarded landscapes. Strategies and methods towards new life cycles for Omani traditional oasis environments. Planum. The Journal of Urbanism, no.27, vol.2 Abstract Following Oman’s post-1970 rapid modernization and the…
PublicationsIn times of war: Typological and morphological characteristics of dwellings in Hārat al-Yemen in Izkī, Oman Bandyopadhyay, S., Quattrone, G., & Al-Abri, H. N. (2013). In times of war: Typological and morphological characteristics of dwellings in Hārat al-Yemen in Izkī, Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 43, 27-46. Abstract Omani dwelling types remain…
PublicationsTempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture Bandyopadhyay, S. (2008). Tempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture. Abacus. Today architectural thinking and pedagogy stands at a critical crossroad as it attempts to grapple with globalisation and concomitant complexity. The new era has raised fundamental questions regarding our allegiance to traditional belief structures and…
PublicationsAddressing Cultural, Social and Environmental Sustainability in Architecture. The Approach of Five Contemporary Australian Architects Quattrone, G. (2007). Addressing Cultural, Social and Environmental Sustainability in Architecture. The Approach of Five Contemporary Australian Architects. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal. Volume 1, Issue 3. Abstract Regionalist architecture offers a promising and conscientious response to the present…
PublicationsNek Chand’s Rock Garden and Le Corbusier in Chandigarh: reconsidering the primitive Bandyopadhyay, S., & Jackson, I. (2007). Nek Chand’s Rock Garden and Le Corbusier in Chandigarh: reconsidering the primitive. South African Journal of Art History, 22(3), 116-137. Abstract This paper is concerned with two personalities, Le Corbusier and Nek Chand, occupying, as it would…