Showing posts with label Lutyens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lutyens. Show all posts

Saturday, March 3, 2012

India Gate, the monumental arch by Edwin Lutyens

So much to say and not to say about this monument, especially because I had forgotten my architectural history lessons on Lutyens and the great civic works...but it was site to behold and well within the realm of dreamed and forgotten but alive and flourishing architecture...

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Connaught Place, Delhi, Edwin Lutyen's great circle and plans

Was fascinated and intrigued by the scale of the circular plans of Connaught Place, also known as CP Delhi, and also as Rajiv Chowk, and this perspective sketch shows the section through the double height shops and the colonade and parking areas.