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Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures. He was born and died at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
Architect(s) Herbert Baker The Cape vernacular style was taken on as a national building style promoted not only by the Cape coteries but also by proponents of Dutch-speaking republican independence or of Afrikaner nationalism, notably the Dutch Pretoria artist Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef .
The Secretariat Building was designed by the prominent British architect Herbert Baker in Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. Both the identical buildings have four levels, each with about 1,000 rooms, in the inner courtyards to make space for future expansions.
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]
This is probably the oldest remaining house on the estate and was undoubtedly originally occupied by the miller. A little lower still, but much further back from the road, stands the present house of Welgelegen. It was built by Sir Herbert Baker on the same site where the original double-storeyed dwelling of Welgelegen had stood.
Pages in category "Herbert Baker buildings and structures" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
These buildings, built from light sandstone, were designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker [6] in the English monumental style and are 285 m long. They have a semi-circular shape, with the two wings at the sides, this serves to represent the union of a formerly divided people. [7]
The memorial was designed by Sir Herbert Baker, assistant architect was Arthur James Scott Hutton, [4] with a sculpture by Alfred Turner. It consists of a flint and stone screen either side of an archway, with a shelter at each end of the screen. [1] On top of the arch is Turner's bronze statue of two men and a war horse.