a subtle homage to vernacular practices that parallels a gradual departure from India's legacy of modernist design rhetoric. Indian architecture praxis has evolved to reflect a deeper engagement ...

Local firm Farouki Farouki clad Hotel Henrietta in context, tying the hotel to New Orleans vernacular as well as its sister property, Columns.

Vernacular architecture refers to buildings constructed ... combining the head of an elephant with the body of a tiger and elements of a bird), to protect against invaders and ward off evil ...