2022 Journal Article Personal journey or tectonic practice: thick descriptions of curated residential interiors by four Indian architectsSobti, Manu P. and Scriver, Peter (2022). Personal journey or tectonic practice: thick descriptions of curated residential interiors by four Indian architects. Fabrications, 32 (1), 82-109. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2022.2091838 |
2022 Journal Article Withering public space in Chandigarh: Transforming retail and social choreographies in the neoliberal Indian mallSobti, Manu P. (2022). Withering public space in Chandigarh: Transforming retail and social choreographies in the neoliberal Indian mall. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, XXXIII (2), 47-58. |
2019 Book Chapter Eurasia’s historical space of palimpsest—desert, border, riparian and steppeSobti, Manu P. (2019). Eurasia’s historical space of palimpsest—desert, border, riparian and steppe. Architecture on the borderline: boundary politics and built space. (pp. 15-35) edited by Anoma Pieris. New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315103419-2 |
2017 Book Chapter Transforming ruralities and edge-ness in global urbanitiesSobti, Manu P. (2017). Transforming ruralities and edge-ness in global urbanities. Chandigarh re-think: transforming ruralities and edge(ness) in global urbanities. (pp. 10-37) edited by Manu P.Sobti. Novato, CA, United States: ORO Editions. |
2017 Book Chandigarh re-think: transforming ruralities & edge(ness) in global urbanitiesManu P. Sobti ed. (2017). Chandigarh re-think: transforming ruralities & edge(ness) in global urbanities. Novato, CA, United States: ORO Editions. |
2016 Book Chapter Persian civitas: revised readings on networked urbanities and suburban hinterlands in Erich Schmidt’s flights over ancient cities of IranSobti, Manu and Hosseini, Sahar (2016). Persian civitas: revised readings on networked urbanities and suburban hinterlands in Erich Schmidt’s flights over ancient cities of Iran. The Historiography of Persian Architecture. (pp. 14-40) edited by Mohammad Gharipour. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. |
2015 Book Chapter Mobile urbanism: tent cities in medieval European travel writingsSobti, Manu P. and Gharipour, Mohammad (2015). Mobile urbanism: tent cities in medieval European travel writings. The city in the Muslim world: depictions by western travel writers. (pp. 22-56) edited by Mohammad Gharipour and Nilay Ozlu. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. |
2011 Book Chapter The hues of paradise: examining color design in the Islamic gardenSobti, Manu P. and Gharipour, Mohammad (2011). The hues of paradise: examining color design in the Islamic garden. And Diverse are Their Hues: color in Islamic art and culture. (pp. 304-325) edited by Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom. New Haven, CT, United States: Yale University Press. |
1993 Book Urban form & space in the Islamic city: a study of morphology & formal structures in the city of Bhopal (central India)Sobti, Manu P. (1993). Urban form & space in the Islamic city: a study of morphology & formal structures in the city of Bhopal (central India). Ahmedabad, India: Vastu Shilpa Foundation and School of Architecture - Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology CEPT. |
2025 Conference Publication SAUHA (Society of Architectural and Urban Historians Asia) Roundtable: Oceanic Networks and ConnectionsSobti, Manu, Pieris, Anoma, Ting, John, Memmott, Paul, Achmadi, Amanda, Walker, Paul and Scriver, Paul (2025). SAUHA (Society of Architectural and Urban Historians Asia) Roundtable: Oceanic Networks and Connections. Melbourne, Australia: SAHANZ. doi: 10.55939/a5441pp0m0 |
2024 Journal Article Sensory experience beyond vision: Shah Tahmasb's sixteenth-century garden in QazvinGharipour, Mohammad, Hosseini, Sahar and Sobti, Manu (2024). Sensory experience beyond vision: Shah Tahmasb's sixteenth-century garden in Qazvin. Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 44 (4), 286-301. doi: 10.1080/14601176.2024.2410636 |
2024 Book Chapter Beyond Water: Step Wells and Community Hydraulics in Modern IndiaSobti, Manu P. and Rad Yousefnia, Ali (2024). Beyond Water: Step Wells and Community Hydraulics in Modern India. Rethinking Stormwater Management through Sustainable Urban Design. (pp. 273-292) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-4924-9_14 |
2021 Journal Article Suburban cities and fluid boundaries: Stories beyond the walls of Islamic urbanities in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinentSobti, M. Manu Prithvish (2021). Suburban cities and fluid boundaries: Stories beyond the walls of Islamic urbanities in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Hespéris-Tamuda – Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Rabat Morocco, LVI (4), 237-263. |
2021 Conference Publication Seljuq cities and architecture within and beyond the city – macro and micro perspectivesSobti, Manu P. (2021). Seljuq cities and architecture within and beyond the city – macro and micro perspectives. Uluslararasi Selcuklu Tarihi Cografyasi Suriye – Irak – Filistin Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabi, Unknown, 2020. Konya: NEÜ Yayınları. |
2020 Book Chapter Re-eimagining Eurasia: past Flatland stories of urban and landscape heritageSobti, Manu P. (2020). Re-eimagining Eurasia: past Flatland stories of urban and landscape heritage. The Routledge handbook on historic urban landscapes in the Asia-Pacific. (pp. 80-97) edited by Kapila Silva. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429486470-4 |
2011 Journal Article The Last Apples of Kazakhstan: Modernity, Geo-Politics and Globalization in Central AsiaSobti, Manu P. (2011). The Last Apples of Kazakhstan: Modernity, Geo-Politics and Globalization in Central Asia. Global Currents Bi-annual Bulletin, 7 (2), 8-9. |
2010 Journal Article Reflections on the Indian City: SARUP-CCA Urban Mapping Workshop 2009Sobti, Manu P. (2010). Reflections on the Indian City: SARUP-CCA Urban Mapping Workshop 2009. Indian arch'09: annual NASA convention 2009-10, 56-63. |
2010 Book Chapter Migration, urban form, and the courtyard house: socio-cultural reflections on the Pathan Mohallas in Bhopal, IndiaSobti, Manu P. (2010). Migration, urban form, and the courtyard house: socio-cultural reflections on the Pathan Mohallas in Bhopal, India. The courtyard house: from cultural reference to universal relevance. (pp. 65-81) edited by Nasser O Rabbat. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. |
2009 Book Chapter ON DIRT: Figuring the Urban Ground Workshop + Urban Ecotone Design Competition 2007Sobti, Manu P. (2009). ON DIRT: Figuring the Urban Ground Workshop + Urban Ecotone Design Competition 2007. Calibrations 3: positions. (pp. 58-60) Milwaukee, United States: School of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. |
2009 Conference Publication City in Suburbia – Metamorphosis and Change in Central Asian Cities after the Arab InvasionsSobti, Manu P. (2009). City in Suburbia – Metamorphosis and Change in Central Asian Cities after the Arab Invasions. ESCAS IX, Krakow, Poland, 2005. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars. |