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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
2003 Book Chapter The Oases Settlements of Central AsiaSobti, Manu P. (2003). The Oases Settlements of Central Asia. The Interaction between Land and People in Central and Inner Asia. (pp. 145-173) edited by Michael Gervers and Uradyn Bulag. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. |
2003 Book Chapter Dwellings in the Steppes and Deserts of Inner AsiaSobti, Manu P. (2003). Dwellings in the Steppes and Deserts of Inner Asia. Asia’s Dwellings: Tradition, Resilience and Change. (pp. 393-430) edited by Ronald Knapp. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. |