Lucknow Architecture
The Lucknow School of Architecture was an
experiment by the resurgent Nawabs
of Awadh. It was an attempt to preserve the
Mughal
school of architecture by experimenting with different materials and
innovating new concepts.
Among the extant architecture there are religious
buildings such as Imambaras,
mosques and other Islamic
shrines,
and secular structures like enclosed gardens, baradaris,
palace complexes.
The following are distinct features of Lucknow
architecture :
- Use of English Baroque style of architecture at Dilkusha Kothi.
- Use of Fish as a decorative motif especially on Gates
- The use of Chattar (umbrella) as in the Chattar Manzil
- The fusion of European and Indian style as the La Martiniere Lucknow
- The Baradari ( the twelve doorway pavilions)
- Enclosed Baghs like Sikandar Bagh
- Vaulted halls such as the Asafi Imambara
- The labyrinth at Bara Imambara
- Taikhanas
The Bara
Imambara, Chhota
Imambara and Rumi
Darwaza are testament to the city's Nawabi
mixture of Mughlai and Turkish style of Architecture. And La
Martiniere Lucknow on the other hand, is a
testament to the Indo-European style of architecture. Even the new
buildings are fashioned with the characteristic domes and pillars,
and monuments lit at night form a main attraction of the city. The
city's main market of Hazratganj is a fusion of the old and modern.
लेबल: Lucknow Architecture
