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== Current Books==
*''Stones of Empire'', Morris, Jan and JJ Cotton. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1983.
*''Splendors of the Raj (British Architecture in India 1660 -1947)'', Davis, Philip. London, John Murray (Publishers)Ltd, 1985.
*''The Indian Metropolis'', Evenson, Norma. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1989.
→Historical books online
*[http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922] by Chris Higman
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lutyens Edwin Lutyens 1869-1944] Wikipedia - British Architect notable for the planning of New Delhi
**[http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/21/how-two-friends-built-a-city-and-fell-out How Two Friends Built a City and Fell Out ] by Margherita Stancati November 21, 2011, blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime. Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker were commissioned to build New Delhi.**[http://www.heathershimmin.com/viceroy-house-new-delhi The story behind Lutyens' sketch of Viceroy House] heathershimmin.com
==Other external links==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianarchitectu00haveuoft#page/n443/mode/2up ''Indian Architecture''] by EV Havel, a good description of the [[Public Works Department]] and a readable critique of Colonial Architecture in late Victorian times – asking it this the right approach?
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofmoderns04ferguoft#page/470/mode/2up ''History of Modern Architecture''] by James Fergusson mentioned above.
*''History of Indian and Eastern Architecture'' by James Fergusson Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyindianan00tadggoog 1891 edition]. 1899 editions: [https://archive.org/details/historyindianan01ferggoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyindianan02ferggoog Volume II]. 1910 editions: [https://archive.org/details/historyofindiane01ferguoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofindiane02ferguoft Volume II]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SJ4EAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The Bombay Builder: an illustrated journal of engineering architecture, science & art Volume 1''] 1865 Google Books
*''Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details parts VII and VIII: VII, String and Band Patterns; VIII, Wall and Surface Decorations'' by Samuel Swinton Jacob, 1894. [https://katalogbeta.slub-dresden.de/id/0015244231/#detail Catalogue details]. [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/150701/1/0/ Digital file] digital.slub-dresden.de. Left hand side of webpage, under Inhaltsverzeichnis, then click on title, shows links to both parts. Thumbnails at foot of webpage show illustrations. Downloads available. Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Dresden
: The various parts of ''Jeypore Portfolio'': I. Copings and plinths.--II. Pillars--Caps and bases.--III. Carved doors.--IV. Brackets.--V. Arches.--VI. Balustrades.--VII. String and band patterns.--VIII. Wall and surface decorations.--IX. Dados: with a note on the process of fresco paintings in Jeypore.--X. Parapets.--XI. Chatris and domed roofs.--XII. Jharokas or balcony windows.
:*[https://disegnarecon.unibo.it/article/viewFile/2079/1466 "Samuel Swinton Jacob and the Jeypore Portfolio: issues in Architectural Recording"] by Vanicka Arora. Disegnarecon dicembre 2010. disegnarecon.unibo.it
*''India. Photographs and Drawings Of Historical Buildings :100 Plates; From the Collection in the late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India''. London, 1896. [https://katalogbeta.slub-dresden.de/id/0015229001/#detail Catalogue details] [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/178347/1/ Digital file] digital.slub-dresden.de. With thumbnails, so illustrations are easily found. Download available. Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Dresden
*[https://archive.org/details/CInCsResidencesIndia ''Reminiscences of the Residencies of the Commanders-In-Chief in India in Simla, Old and New Delhi''] by Field- Marshal Sir W R Birdwood 1930 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/NewDelhiByRobertByron "New Delhi"] by Robert Byron. ''The Architectural Review'' January 1931. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/OLDBungalowsInBangaloreJanetPott ''Old Bungalows in Bangalore, South India''] by Janet Pott 1977 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/MonkeyTops ''Monkey Tops: Old Buildings in Bangalore Cantonment''] by Elizabeth Staley 1981 Archive.org
=== Others ===
*[http://www.boloji.com/architecture/index.htm Indian Architecture] This is an excellent Indian site for a more detailed over view , it includes sections on Colonial Indian Architecture.
*[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/architecture.html Victorian and Edwardian Architecture in British India] from The Victorian Web
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=541 Heritage Buildings & Monuments] Photographs from Skyscrapercity.com
*[http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/495 ''Deccan Queen: A Spatial Analysis of Poona in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries''] by Wayne Thomas Mullen. Sydney University Digital Theses 26-Mar-2006. A thesis which is “structured around the analysis of a model that describes the Cantonment, the Civil Lines, the Sadr Bazar and part of the Native City of the Western Indian settlement of Poona in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” Contains sections on architecture
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913012017/http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/workfolio/glover.pdf "“A Feeling of Absence from Old England:” the Colonial Bungalow"] by William J Glover ''Home Cultures Volume 1 Issue 1'' pages 61-82 2004(?), now archived.*[http://archiseek.com/tag/india/ India] Buildings tagged India. archiseek.com. Details of a limited number of buildings in India*[http://www.southasiandecorativeartsandcrafts.co.uk South Asian Decorative Arts & Crafts Collection] located in Norfolk, England. Includes an emphasis on architectural items. The website contains pages titled Architecture, located under India, Pakistan and Burma
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