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A Work of Beauty: The Architecture and Landscape of Rashtrapati Bhavan
Language: English
Published by Publications Division, 2016
ISBN 10: 8123021275 ISBN 13: 9788123021270
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.
