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This exhaustive volume documents the entire landscape around and architecture of the Rastrapati Bhavan estate , starting from its construction as Government House , after the capital of British India shifted from calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
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A Work of Beauty
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A Work of Beauty: The Architecture and Landscape of Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 270pp.The Rashtrapati Bhavan is part of the narrative of international architecture and town-planning, which entered a new phase at the beginning of the 20th century. It is the last of many ?places? built in Delhi over centuries. It is also the last of the palatial residences built by the British in India. The designing of the Viceroy?s House marked a crucial moment in the balance between Indian and British builders, an issue touching the question of style and substance, as well as of the relation between western and indigenous skills. Edwin Lutyens stood away from the suggestions that he was offered, and delineated a structure balanced against designed open spaces, which has until now defied definition. Its setting in symmetrical estate conveyed a sense of a Garden City adapted to the north Indian climate.The same symmetry and verdure continued beyond, to the city extending from the Ridge to the river, with its own ecological harmony. The building, the estate and the city should be seen as a whole. an intervention in the history of India?s monuments and towns. New Delhi was first and last completely planned city in British India. Seller Inventory # 1029012
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A Work of Beauty: The Architecture and Landscape of Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Contents: Preface. Introduction/Narayani Gupta. I. Genealogy. 1. Architecture as power 1803-1912/Amar Farooqui. 2. The struggle with modernity 1870s-1920s/Amit Srivastava. II. The House. 3. The architect-A singular clarity 1912-31/Rajiv Narain. 4. The craftspeople's moment 1912-13/Anisha Shekhar Mukherji. III. The Setting. 5. The house in its garden/A.G.K. Menon and M. Shaheer. 6. The city on the plain/Narayani Gupta. 7. Some reflections/Benjamin Tindall. Bibliography. Demystifying 'Styles'. Chronology. Acknowledgements. Index. This exhaustive volume documents the entire landscape around and architecture of the Rashtrapati Bhavan estate, starting from its construction as Government House, after the capital of British India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911. Seller Inventory # 120623
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