The guardians of heritage: our role in Jaipur's modern landmarks

Jaipur's contemporary public architecture still draws on the city's long relationship with carved stone. Stonegraph's portfolio includes work for Patrika Gate and Jawahar Kala Kendra, two projects that ask very different things of the material.

Patrika Gate — ornament at civic scale

The Patrika Gate celebrates Rajasthan's visual traditions through grand arches, decorative pillars and layered ornament. Stone carving at this scale has to work from a distance while retaining enough edge and relief definition to reward a closer view. Repeated elements also need to align across separate blocks and trades.

Jawahar Kala Kendra — geometry in stone

Jawahar Kala Kendra required a different response. Charles Correa's nine-square plan and geometric architectural language call for controlled profiles and disciplined junctions rather than dense ornament everywhere. Supplying bespoke stone elements for that setting meant matching the work to the building's modernist order. Together, the projects show two ways Jaipur's stone vocabulary continues in present-day public landmarks: one through exuberant ornament, the other through measured geometry.