Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Edwin Landseer Lutyens: The British Architect who Designed Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Edwin Landseer Lutyens: The British Architect who Designed Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens, a major member of the city-planning process, was given the primary architectural responsibility. In fact, Rashtrapati Bhavan was the creation of architects of exceptional imagination and masterfulness, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.

  1. It was Sir Lutyens who conceptualized the H shaped building.
  2.  Rashtrapati Bhavan is covering an area of 5 acres on a 330 acre estate and it has a total of 340 rooms spread over four floors. 
  3. The mansion is situated in 2.5 kilometres of corridors with 190 acres of garden area.
  4. The Rashtrapati Bhavan is presently the residence of the President of India.
  5. Earlier it was made for the Viceroy's House when there was the Viceroy's rule. After independence, it was called as the  Government House and then the official residence of President of India. 


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