Lucknow Memorial Gate: An ecologically viable footprint!

[ad_1] Compiled by TeamIAnD Illustrations: Courtesy Archohm  . Archohm exemplifies an ecological footprint with a subtractive approach in the design of the proposed Lucknow Memorial Gate… Conceptualised as a simple and contemporary rendition of the iconic Roomi Darwaza, the Lucknow Memorial Gate, located at the opposite node of the Samta Mulak Chowk, Lucknow sensitively combines typical elements from Jain and early Indo-Islamic architecture.  . Externally, the two criss-crossing arches are anointed with the ‘Torana’, or bud like element that makes up a garland, typifying Jain architecture and one of the earliest elements to be picked up by the Muslim monarchs […]