Built in 1936 by owner Phiroz Karai and positioned at the Oval directly opposite the majestic Victorian Gothic Bombay High Court, Russi Court was aptly renamed ‘Court View’. Consulting ‘shadow architect’ G B Mhatre created Bombay’s most striking frozen fountain.
Writing in the 1937 Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, he expressed his unhappiness at the assignment stating “the head room for the staircase is very little this being due to the mistake in the original layout of the plan. This gave me a lot of trouble in designing
as the owner approached me when the piles were actually driven-in and the super-structure commenced.” Such was the brilliance of His design that he went on to create an interior view of the fountain designed to bring natural light to Mumbai’s richest and stunning Deco stairwell.
Pic 1. From the Modern House in India by ACC Pic 2. Frozen Fountain Pic 3 & 4. Interior stairwell.
Plot no. 102, Queen’s Road. Architects: Merwanji Bana & Co. with consulting architect G.B. Mhatre A.R.I.B.A. (Lon.) #ArtofArchitecture #ArtofDesign #FrozenFountain #Facade
#MosaicTiles #Stairwell #CourtView #OvalWHS #WorldHeritage #GBMhatre #JIIA #ARIBA #Interiors #ArtDeco #Mumbai
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