Relevance: Mains: G.S paper I: Art and Architecture
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting inaugurated the renovated Jayakar Bungalow, a classic heritage site situated inside the premises of NFAI in Pune.
Jayakar Bungalow:
- The bungalow, situated inside the campus of National Film Archives of India (NFAI), Pune, comprises digital library, three film review rooms, and some antique articles of value.
- This grade I heritage structure was built in 1945.
- It has a distinct Tudor style of architecture which is mostly found in Great Britain, one of its kind in Pune.
- It was once home to Mukundrao Ramrao Jayakar, a barrister and the first vice-chancellor of the University of Pune. It was then acquired by the Indian law society, before it was handed over to the Archives.
Tudor architecture style
- Tudor architecture is a style of architecture that developed in England between 1485 and 1558.
- Tudor architecture gained its name from the fact that it developed during the first part of the reign of Tudor monarchs, including Henry VII and Henry VIII.
- It was a transitional style, mixing elements of Renaissance architecture with a Gothic style found mostly in England called Perpendicular Gothic because it emphasized vertical lines.
- The characteristic that became most associated with the Tudor style was ‘black and white’ construction. Black and white meant half-timber houses with white-washed wall segments between the dark timbers.