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Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was entrusted with the vast majority of the architectural design and buildings of the city that subsequently emerged as New Delhi during the period of the British Raj. Lutyens' Delhi progressively developed over the period from 1912 ...
Central Vista Redevelopment Project refers to the ongoing redevelopment to revamp the Central Vista, India's central administrative area located near Raisina Hill, New Delhi. The area was originally designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker during British colonial rule and was retained by the Government of India after independence.
One of Lutyens' bungalows in Delhi. Lutyens Bungalow Zone or LBZ spreads over an area of 2,800 hectares (6,900 acres) in Lutyens' Delhi, with bungalows (houses) for government ministers, officials and their administrative offices, since the British Raj. The zone stretches up to Lodi Road in the south.
Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker were selected to design the area in a traditional Indian fashion. [2] The architects decided that the area where the foundation stones of Delhi were planted, Coronation Park, was an unsuitable area. [7] They decided the village Malcha on Raisina Hill, as it had a ridge which could quarry stone. [8]
In recognition of his contribution, New Delhi is also known as "Lutyens' Delhi". In collaboration with Sir Herbert Baker, he was also the main architect of several monuments in New Delhi such as the India Gate; he also designed the Viceroy's House, which is now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Many of his works were inspired by Indian architecture.
Gole Market is a neighborhood in the heart of New Delhi, India built within a traffic roundabout by Edwin Lutyens in 1921. It is one of New Delhi's oldest surviving colonial markets and is considered an architecturally significant structure. The dodecagonal market was built in the axis planned by Edwin Lutyens as part of New Delhi's layout. [1]
The circular House of Parliament at New Delhi in 1926, home of the Central Legislative Assembly. The building was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker in 1912–1913. [5] The structure was built over a period of six years, starting in 1921 and culminating in 1927.
Robert Grant Irving is an author and lecturer specializing in the history of art and architecture of Britain and the British Empire. His book Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, and Imperial Delhi (Yale University Press, 1981 and Oxford University Press, 1982) is the story of the creation of New Delhi from 1911 to 1931, the grandest architectural undertaking in the history of the British Empire.