Research Publications Exhibitions Lectures
Miki Desai

Books

  • Architecture in Gujarat, Indien (translated in German by F. Keller), The Rietberg Museum, Zurich: 1990 (an Exhibition Catalogue)

  • Wooden Architecture of Kerala, MAPIN, Ahmedabad: 2018

  • Teaching Basic Design in Architecture: Exercises, Illustrations, Examples, D C books, Kerala: 2022

Research Reports

  • Author, The Domestic Regional Architecture of Gujarat: A Study of its Socio-cultural Developments (1850 to 1947), ICSSR, New Delhi: 2002

  • Co-author, a Chapter on Modern and Contemporary Architecture for the Gujarat State Gazetteer, Part II, Gandhinagar: 1991

  • Co-author, a Report on The Sarkhej-Roza Complex: An Attitude Towards Conservation, C.E.P.T, Ahmedabad: 1990

  • Author, Environmental Design Workshop for Rural India- Thesis- Degree of Masters of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.: 1978

  • Author, Monuments in Urban Surroundings- Thesis- Degree of Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture, C.E.P.T., Ahmedabad, India: 1975

Articles

  • Author, Architecture in Panchal, Taylor, Shukla "Vismi Sadinu Gujarat" (in Gujarati), Samvad Prakashan, Baroda: 2002

  • Author, Culture, Philosophy and Art in Kerala as seen through Architecture, Shelat, Bharati (Ed.), Proceedings of the R K Sant Memorial Seminar on Indian Culture, Philosophy and Art, B J Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad: 2001

  • Author, Wooden Architecture of Kerala: A Distinct Tradition in Indian Subcontinent, in Wood Design and Building, Canada: Winter 2001, No. 14, Wooden Architecture of Kerala: A Distinct Tradition in Indian Subcontinent, in Wood Design and Building (2), Canada: Spring 2001, No. 15

  • Contributor (two entries), Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, (Ed.) Prof. Paul Oliver, Oxford Polytechnic, U.K.: 1998

  • Contributor, Dictionary of Art, McMillan Publishers Ltd., London: 1996

  • Co-author, The Adaptation and Growth of the Bungalow in India, Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre, Italy: 1994-1995

  • Co-author,  A Discourse on House Form in Indian Context, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN,: Jan. - Feb. 1993

  • Co-author, Ahmedabad: The City as Palimpsest, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, Vol. VIII, No. 3: May - Jun. 1991

  • Author, Urban Environment and Conservation J.I.I.A., Vol. 54, Issue 1: Mar. 1989

  • Author, The Meaning of Traditional Dwelling in Gujarat, based on Language, Literature and Rural as well as Urban Environments, Paryeshti, C.E.P.T., Ahmedabad: 1988

  • Co-author, Hasmukh C. Patel - A Deft Designer, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN: Nov. - Dec.1985

  • Assisted Architect-Planner Christopher Benninger and Architect Neal Barille for research on Squatter Settlements in the City of Ahmedabad, (Summer 1969)

  • Environmental Design (Schools) - Assisted Architect Robin Gaunt (U.K.) and Neal Barille (U.S.A.) for the research and production of a Handbook on Low-cost schools (1968)

Madhavi Desai

Books

  • Editor, Gender and the Built Environment, Zubaan (Formerly Kali for Women), New Delhi: 2007

  • Author, Traditional Architecture: House Form of the Islamic Community of the Bohras in Gujarat, Council of Architecture, Pune, 2008

  • Author, Women Architects and Modernism in India: Narratives and Contemporary Practices, Rotledge, India: 2017

  • Editor, Gender and the Indian City: Re-visioning Design and Planning, South Asia Press New Delhi: 2022

Articles

  • Author, Architectural Education in India: Women Students, Culture and Pedagogy, Indian Architect and Builder: January 2014

  • Author,Woman's Eye, Woman's Hand: Making Art and Architecture in Modern India, A Collection of Essays, Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles

  • Author, Traditional Architecture: House Form of Bohras in Gujarat, National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA), Pune (forthcoming)

  • Work published in "Somaya, B and Mehta, U (Ed.s) An Emancipated Place, the HECAR Foundation, Mumbai: 2000

  • Contributed,Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (Ed.) Paul Oliver, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK: 1997

  • Editor, Women Architect Forum's Newsletter, Ahmedabad: Since 1993 to 2001

  • Contributed, The Meaning of Modernism in Indian Architecture to Pandya S. and Kar, P (Ed.s) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modernity, Pencrafts International, New Delhi: 2001

  • Co-author, The Adaptation and Growth of the Bungalow in India, Petruccioli, Attilio, (Ed.) European Houses in Islamic Countries in the Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre, Rome: 1995

  • Co-author,  Grihvidhan: A Discourse on House Form, "ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN": Mar. - Apr. 1993

  • Author, Traditional House Form of Bohras in Gujarat: Architectural Response to Cultural Ethos, Ahmedabad: Nov 1992 (Unpublished).

  • Author, Bohra Dwellings of Gujarat, Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects: Aug. 1992

  • Co-author, Towards a Non-Oppressive Environment, ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN: Mar. - Apr. 1992

  • Author, Social and Professional Attitudes in the Making of Women Architects, Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects: Apr. 1991

  • Author, Women Architects in the Present Context, Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects: Mar. 1991

  • Co-author, Ahmedabad: The City as Palimpsest, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, Vol. VIII, No. 3: May - Jun. 1991

  • Author, Bohra Dwellings: Cultural Manifestations in Regional Architecture, in ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN: Jul. - Aug. 1989

  • Author, Architect's Role in Low-Cost Housing, Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects: June 1988

  • Co-author, Hasmukh C. Patel - A Deft Designer, ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN, India: Nov - Dec. 1985

  • Author, Evaluation of a traditional habitat : case study Bohra community, Gujarat, Thesis- Degree of Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture, C.E.P.T., Ahmedabad, India: 1974

Jon Lang, Madhavi Desai and Miki Desai

Book

  • Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity, India - 1880 to 1980, Oxford University Press, New Delhi: 1997, Revised edition: 2022

Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai and Jon Lang

Book

  • The Bungalow in Twentieth Century India: The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Colonial and Post-Colonial Society, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., UK: 2012

Miki Desai and Madhavi Desai

Book

  • Architectural Heritage of Gujarat: Interpretation, Appreciation, Values, The Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar: 2012