BRITISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE- BOMBAY

1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
VICTORIA TERMINUS,
BOMBAY CHATRAPATHI SHIVAJI TERMINUS

2. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
• THE BUILDING EXHIBITS A FUSION OF INFLUENCES FROM VICTORIAN
ITALIANATE GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN
ARCHITECTURE.

3. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
ABOUT :
 LOCATION : MUMBAI ( Formerly BOMBAY ) , MAHARASHTRA , INDIA.
 CONSTUCTION : CST IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF 19th CENTURY.
completed in the year 1887.
 TYPE : INFLUENCES FROM VICTORIAN ITALINATE REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE,AND FROM INDIAN TRADITIONAL
BUILDING AND GOTHIC ART.
 ARCHITECT : FREDERICK WILLIAM STEVENS.
 2004 CST MARKED WORLD HERITAGE SITE

4. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
 CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF LATE 19TH
CENTURY RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH,
CHARACTERIZED BY VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN
FEATURES, AS WELL AS ITS ADVANCED STRUCTURAL AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS.
 CST BECAME THE SYMBOL OF BOMBAY AS THE ‘GOTHIC CITY’ AND THE MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE PORT OF INDIA.
 THE TERMINAL WAS BUILT OVER TEN YEARS STARTING IN 1878 ACCORDING TO A
HIGH VICTORIAN GOTHIC DESIGN BASED ON LATE MEDIEVAL ITALIAN MODELS.
 ITS REMARKABLE STONE DOME, TURRETS, POINTED ARCHES, AND ECCENTRIC
GROUND PLAN ARE CLOSE TO TRADITIONAL INDIAN PALACE ARCHITECTURE.
 IT IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE MEETING OF TWO CULTURES AS BRITISH
ARCHITECTS WORKED WITH INDIAN CRAFTSMEN TO INCLUDE INDIAN
ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION AND IDIOMS FORGING A NEW STYLE UNIQUE TO
BOMBAY.

5. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
CST ( FORMERLY VICTORIA TERMINUS )

6. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
PLAN
THE CENTRALLY DOMED OFFICE STRUCTURE HAS A 330 FEET LONG PLATFORM
CONNECTED TO A 1,200 FEET LONG TRAIN SHED, AND ITS OUTLINE PROVIDES THE
SKELETON PLAN FOR BUILDING.
THE HALL IS 82
FT. IN LENGTH X
BY 76 FT. IN
WIDTH, AND 42
FT. IN HEIGHT
THE BUILDINGS
OVERLOOKA
GARDEN,
WHICH IS
TASTEFULLY
LAID OUT.

7. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
 ORNAMENTATIONS OF THIS BUILDINGCREATES AN INTERESTING SKYLINE
WHICHOPTIMIZES THE GOTHIC REVIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE.
 THE HEIGHT TOWIDTH RATIO WILL BE EQUAL
 SERIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARCHES AT EACH FLOOR WITH HIGHLY DECORATED
STONE CARVING
SECTION

8. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
 VT STATION IN A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND STONE, DESIGNING ELABORATELY
EVERY DETAIL AND CREATING AN AMBITIOUS MONUMENT, WHICH WAS
FAVOURABLY COMPARED WITH ANY EDIFICE IN BRITAIN.
 THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS BUILT FROM A BLEND OF INDIA SANDSTONE AND
LIMESTONE, WHILE HIGHQUALITY ITALIAN MARBLE WAS USED FOR THE KEY
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS.
 THE MAIN INTERIORS ARE ALSO DECORATED WITH ITALIAN MARBLE AND POLISHED
INDIAN BLUE STONE.
 INTERNALLY, THE CEILING OF THE BOOKING HALL WAS ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLUE,
GOLD AND STRONG RED ON A GROUND OF RICH BLUE WITH GOLD STARS. ITS WALLS
WERE LINED WITH GLAZED TILES

9. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY
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