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Wanaparti Mansion

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Creator(s)
architect: Karl Von Molte-Heinz (German, 1904-1971)
Time period
creation date: 1930s-1940s, alteration date: converted for use as college building at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, late 20th-early 21st century
Location
Site: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Islamic
Description
Designed by Karl Malte von Heinz, an Austrian émigré architect in 1930s-1940s, on Road number four of Banjara Hills for the Raja of Wanaparti. The mansion was named Mt. Pleasant. It went through various changes of ownership from the original owner to Prince Muazzam Jah in the 1950s. In 2008 it is occupied by Mukhaffam Jah College of Engineering and Technology.
exterior, mansion in use as Block 10 of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology, 2005
Work type
Mansion
College building
Medium
masonry
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Rights
(c) Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology
Access rights
All rights reserved
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