Uploaded on 2015-04-22 by Hasanain046

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1429676142971406.png In the hustle and bustle that is the City of Mumbai, India, one can often see, in one gaze, where old meets the new and how the somehow just blend together is an unspoken harmony. The above picture in taken in the southern area of Mumbai known as Fort. It is majorly a commercial area and during the day it is thronged with activity. As we can see there are 3 buildings in this image and all have used different construction techniques. Lets start with the building on the lower left of the screen. This building is at least 200 years old load bearing, 3 storey structure made entirely out of timber. The timber used for this building is Teak wood majorly which is abundantly fount in the forests of Maharashtra, outside the city limits of Mumbai. At that time when the building was constructed Mumbai was not as vast as it is now, hence the materials could have been sourced from much closer. Now, the building on the lower right is a 4 storied, load bearing structure made with yellow basalt stone which is sourced from the Western Ghats (A range of hills on the outskirts of Mumbai). This building is around 150 years old. These 2 examples of traditional architecture shows how the change of building materials and the development and advancement in their knowledge took place over the years. Finally the centre building, the Bombay Stock exchange Building. This is a modern building made out of reinforced concrete and is a direct opposite to the other 2 buildings in the picture. This shows us the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every building contains components of a globalized economy.