Types of Bridges

There are many types of construction of bridge. Which type is to be used for building a bridge is depending on utilization of the bridge and many  other circumstances.Bridges around the world are built using different types of construction. Some are a combination of two or more types.
Main types of bridge construction are

Truss Bridge 
Cable stayed Bridge
Arch Bridge
Suspension Bridge
Cantilever Bridge

Some of the world famous bridges.

Bosphorus Bridge       This is the only bridge in the world which joins two continents (Asia and Europe)
This was the world's longest bridge when built in 1973. Today it is the world's 16 th longest bridge.


Golden Gate Bridge
This is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of theSan Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean.  It connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937.


Bandra - Worli Sea Link
is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai, and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system.


Donghai Bridge
was the longest cross-sea bridge in the world until Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened on May 1^st 2008. It was completed on December 10, 2005. It has a total length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 miles) and connects mainland Shanghai and the offshoreYangshan deep-water port in China.


Hangzhou Bay Bridge
is a long highway bridge with acable-stayed portion across Hangzhou Bay in the eastern coastal region of China. It connects the municipalities of Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiangprovince. At 35.673 km (22 mi) in length, Hangzhou Bay Bridge is the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world, but it does not have the longest cable-stayed main span. It is also second in the world in overall length.


Robindra Setu (Howrah Bridge)
Construction of the New Howrah Bridge was started on 1937. The Cantilever Era was prevailing at that time, and engineers felts that cantilever bridges were more rigid than suspension bridges. This bridge is one of the finest cantilever bridges in the world - a gift to India from the Purulian engineers. It is also known as Howrah Bridge.

Monuments of India

There are many more monuments in India that you must know for their architectural importance.


Akshardham Temple, New Delhi.
Bandra Railway Station, Mumbai.   Photo
Bellur Temple       Photos
Bibi ka Maqbara, Aurangabad.      Photos
Lakshminarayan Temple, New Delhi.    Photos
Brihadeeshwar temple, Tanjavur.      Photos
Kolkata High court
Chandigarh Rock garden       Photos
Mahabalipuram     Photos
Durga Temple at Aihole     Photos
Gomateshwar bahubali       Photos
Minakshi Temple, Madurai    
Hawa Mahal       Photos
Flora Fountain, Mumbai.
Gateway of India, Mumbai.
India Gate, New Delhi.
Sun Temple, Konark
Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar.
Kopeshwar Mandir, Khidrapur.      Photos
Mahabodhi temple, Gaya.          Photos
Mysore palace
Pataleshwar, Pune       Photos
Nehru Centre, Mumbai        Photos
Mount Mary Church       Photos
Raja Rani Temple, Bhubaneshwar     Photo
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Lal Killa, Delhi.
Sanchi Stupa         Photos
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Tomb of Adil Shah, Golgumbaz, Bijapur          Photos

Famous Indian Architects

 Famous Indian architects of the 20th century

• Laurie Baker   (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) 
  was an award-winning British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and for his unique space utilisation and simple but beautiful aesthetic sensibility. In time he made a name for himself both in sustainable architecture as well as in organic architecture.
  He went to India in 1945 in part as a missionary and since then lived and worked in India for over 50 years. He obtained Indian citizenship in 1989 and resided in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, since 1970 , where he later set up an organization called COSTFORD (Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development), for spreading awareness for low cost housing.
  In 1990, the Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in recognition of his meritorious service in the field of architecture.   
• Achyut Kanvinde (1916–28 December 2002)

Designed IIT Kanpur, National Science Centre, Delhi, NII Pune, numerous dairy buildings       under NDDB and many other great buildings.

• Anant Damodar Raje  (1929 - 2009)Ananth Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at the Sir J.J college of Architecture. He worked with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which Kahn did not live to see completed. For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the University of New Mexico, in The United States of America, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe. His well known works include the Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, the Forest Management Institute in Bhopal, India and the Institute of Statistics in New Delhi.

• B. V. Doshi    (26 August 1927)  

• B. V. Doshi worked in London then for four years with Le Corbusier. He returned to Ahmedabad to supervise Le Corbusier's work. His studio, Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design), was established in 1955. Doshi worked closely with Louis Kahn and Anant Raje, when Kahn designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. He then started the School of Architecture (S.A) in 1962.

Doshi is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and has been on the selection committee for the Pritzker Prize, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, and the Aga Khan Award. He is also a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects

After initial study at the J J School of Architecture, Bombay, he worked for four years with Le Corbusier as Senior Designer (1951–54) in Paris and four more years in India to supervise his projects in Ahmedabad. His office Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design) was established in 1955.

Dr Doshi has been a member of the Jury for several international and national competitions including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Apart from his international fame as an architect, Dr. Doshi is equally known as educator and institution builder. He has been the first founder Director of School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1962–72), first founder Director of School of Planning (1972–79), first founder Dean of Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (1972–81), founder member of Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad and first founder Director of Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. Dr. Doshi has been instrumental in establishing the nationally and internationally known research institute Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design. The institute has done pioneering work in low cost housing and city planning.

As an academician, Dr. Doshi has been visiting the U.S.A. and Europe since 1958 and has held important chairs in American Universities.

In recognition of his distinguished contribution as a professional and as an academician, Dr. Doshi has received several international and national awards and honours.

In 2008, 100hands director Prjmit Ramachandran released a documentary interviewing Doshi.

Doshi was the teacher for contemporary designer and University of Pennsylvania professor Anuradha Mathur.


Charles Correa (born September 1, 1930)

Charles Correa was born in Hyderabad, India. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology after which he established a private practice in Mumbai in 1958.


The following Indian architects also have a grate role in the field of architecture. 


Eugene Pandala

Gautam Bhatia

Hafeez Contractor

Nari Gandhi

Raj Rewal

Satish Gujral