For the past one-and-a-half years, Mahalaxmi-based photographer Ayesha Taleyarkhan has been galavanting all across the city to capture the views from Vernacular, Art Deco or Modern architecture-styled balconies in the city.

“I was only photographing what my lens eye spotted. I took around 5,000 photographs to architect Rahul Mehrotra and other experts, who explain each of the styles in the book,” says Taleyarkhan. Conservationist Abha Narain Lamba has written the forward, where she explains that the balcony is a natural architectural response to the climatic context of the city. It not only protects the building’s interiors from the rain and sun, but also captures the sea breeze and offers a view.