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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.
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.
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]
The British invited Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker to design the government buildings. This area would also be called Lutyens' Delhi in honor of the architect. Members of Lutyens' team of architects included Walter Sykes George, Arthur Gordon Shoosmith and Henry Medd. It is reported that Lutyens was reluctant to incorporate Indian features in ...
The memorial in New Delhi, like the Cenotaph in London, is a secular memorial, free of religious and "culturally-specific iconography such as crosses". Lutyens according to his biographer, Christopher Hussey, relied on the "elemental mode", a style of commemoration based on a "universal architectural style free of religious ornamentation".
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.