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Anica Mann

Anica Mann

Articles by Anica Mann

The history of Delhi doors

The history of Delhi doors

Updated on Jul 13, 2026 02:31 IST

Withdrawing from drawing rooms

Indira Gandhi’s drawing room in the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum.

Updated on Jul 7, 2026 03:45 IST

The cultural address of Delhi

The building in Sujan Singh Park was built by Sir Sobha Singh on an urgent basis during WW2 II to house British military and civilian officers. (Courtesy: Aarohi Mehra)

Updated on Jun 28, 2026 22:20 IST

The sealed houses of Delhi

Older houses reflected the conditions of their streets and were a signature for how Delhi’s residents understood the city.

Updated on Jun 21, 2026 22:22 IST

An artist’s Delhi house and other love stories

The house, much like its kitchen, has been largely left alone. It lives in its original identity, little eroded by the couple, mostly its own person.

Updated on Jun 15, 2026 01:41 IST

The house that held Devli together

Devli’s first pucca house stood near the village chaupal. (Courtesy: Puneet Singh Singhal)

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 01:46 IST

Delhi Houses: The kothis of Model Town modernism

With longer corridors, use of durable materials, and generous light and ventilation, the 1970s houses were not designed to impress but to last.

Updated on May 31, 2026 17:56 IST

Once upon a summer in a Delhi house

Its the time when Delhi houses begin to change into cotton curtains, summer upholstery, open windows, and blooming amaltas.

Updated on May 25, 2026 02:36 IST

The Zaildars of Madanpur Khadar in Delhi

The 200-year-old multi-storey haveli. (Courtesy: Aarohi Mehra)

Updated on May 18, 2026 02:12 IST

The Maharani Bagh house in Delhi that still feels like it was built yesterday

The Maharani Bagh house with a family crest

Updated on May 11, 2026 16:51 IST

Cartoon network weekends and DDA living: A Delhi childhood

Cartoon network weekends and DDA living: A Delhi childhood

Updated on May 4, 2026 03:34 IST

The story of Delhi’s DDA vision

Most people who live in DDA apartments today also maintain the same structure with little renovation.

Updated on May 3, 2026 23:04 IST

Rain garden to rooftop farm: Inside the Delhi house of man who built AIIMS

In east Delhi, a home that turns sustainability into a way of life

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 01:40 IST

Chandigarh-inspired Delhi modernism, ‘Garden City’ concepts in Casa Pia bungalow

In a way, Indur Mirchandani integrated “Garden City” concepts with social infrastructure and recessed facades to create shadow and cool indoor spaces.

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 01:09 IST

The house Sir Sobha Singh built after Rashtrapati Bhavan

The house Sobha Singh built for himself in central Delhi stands today just as it was built.

Updated on Apr 12, 2026 22:22 IST

Inside a professor’s 1970s house in north Delhi’s university precinct

With the two floors of identical plan, terrazzo flooring, and a barsati at the top floor, the house adapts the established grammar of the Indian home without abandoning it.

Updated on Apr 6, 2026 03:37 IST

Tara Apartment: Charles Correa’s Indian modernist futurist maisonettes

The colours of Tara became commonplace in the 1970s and 1980s with the red brick facade and the cemented floating stairs. (Pryaag Raj Prem)

Updated on Mar 30, 2026 05:11 IST

The Delhi house extinction archive: A record of all that we surrendered

Delhi houses once understood that the city had five seasons. Spring unfolded in the garden. Summer belonged to the cooler. Verandahs held the monsoon and tea.

Updated on Mar 23, 2026 06:57 IST

Sujan Singh Park to Daryaganj: Delhi’s Deco dreams

These apartments were completed in 1945 and fused Lutyens-style archway entrances with curving Deco balconies and signature ‘eyebrows’.

Updated on Mar 15, 2026 17:58 IST

Delhi’s Houses: The Jains of Daryaganj

Built by a Jain bullion merchant family, the four-storey home blends Art Deco with the traditional aangan and still houses four brothers in a rare joint household. (HT)

Updated on Mar 9, 2026 07:01 IST

Delhi’s Houses: The Jains of Daryaganj

Built by a Jain bullion merchant family, the four-storey home blends Art Deco with the traditional aangan and still houses four brothers in a rare joint household. (HT)

Updated on Mar 8, 2026 18:49 IST

Asiad Village: A Raj Rewal mohalla

The apartments were never sold on the open market. The colony was not intended as speculative real estate, but as state housing shaped by an architectural vision.

Updated on Mar 2, 2026 08:46 IST

Asiad Village: A Raj Rewal mohalla

The apartments were never sold on the open market.

Updated on Mar 2, 2026 06:34 IST

The first house in Delhi's Kautilya Marg and its Bauhaus history

The house is organised with wide verandahs wrapping portions of it, columned and well-spaced to let light pour in.

Updated on Feb 23, 2026 01:54 IST

Anatomy of a Delhi village: City's history not just about master plans

An architectural language began to erode rapidly in the early 21st century. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 16, 2026 05:41 IST

Delhi’s houses: The subconscious of a Capital, chronicled in its residences

From vernacular modernism’s thoughtful response to sun and community to today’s insulated uniformity, the changing face of the Delhi home maps a profound urban transformation.

Updated on Feb 9, 2026 13:09 IST

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