This office complex was designed for many public enterprises. The programme includes auditorium, seminar rooms, restaurant and office area of 75000 square meters. The commercial zone has eight divisions with distinct circulation cores.
The form of…
Tara Apartment is a group housing project commissioned by Tara Cooperative Society.he concept of building allows people to access directly to the interior garden. Everyone also has their own open-to- sky terraces with full filled shadow. By taking…
Built to provide day-care and an educational facility for children of construction workers, this project uses traditional construction technology to form a spacious and well-lit environment. This building, designed for an NGO, houses a creche for the…
This is a five-storey building, with an array of interior and exterior spaces. There are transitions between them via courtyards, pillars and fountains- to reflect conceptual progression of the history of India.
The programme of the building…
The prize-winning design comprised of the following buildings: Kala Nidhi (Reference Library), Kala Kosha (Research Wing); Sutradhara (Administration); Janapada Sampada (Tribal and Folk Art Centre); Exhibition Galleries; Residential Block; Indian…
“Set up by the renowned political cartoonist, K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Shankar’s International Dolls Museum has one of the largest collection of costume dolls anywhere in the world.
Housed in the building of the Children’s Book Trust on…
Representative of “ecology by design, India Habitat Centre was Stein’s largest project. It is perhaps most successful as a work of urban design, a place that handles transportation and an enormous variety of public and private activities, from…
The Lotus Temple is a Baháʼí House of Worship, open to all, regardless of religion or any other qualification.
The building is the shape of a lotus as suggested by its common name- “It is composed of 27 free-standing marble-clad "petals" arranged in…
Palika Kendra on Parliament Street is the office of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
“It is a soaring, expressive concrete structure with a curved base,
The Palika Kendra Building is an expression of power, will, and strength, representing the…
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Azad Bhawan was established to function as an organization that would foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other nations and peoples.
This building houses the apex court of India.
“The main block of Supreme Court building was built on triangular plot of 17 Acres and the building was designed by Chief architect Ganesh Bhikaji Deolalikar who was the first Indian to head CPWD and…
This complex in Chanakya Puri has diplomatic embassy and Ambassador’s residence.
“The scope of work initially given to the architect was to design and build the Chancery, the Ambassador's residence and servants' quarters. A Chancellor's residence…
Indraprastha Bhawan was designed as a government office facility.
”The Embassy finally opened in 1986 with the large single expanse of roof of the 1960’s design broken up into six separate lateral buildings around a central garden area. The sculptural roofs - the most significant architectural feature of the…
“Designed in 1954 to house the GPO and the Posts and Telegraphs Directorate, this building has a facade that follows the curve of the roundabout. The main lobby level contains the public post office area with one long curved counter. The roof and…
This building has offices of the National Security Council Secretariat.
“The site of Sardar Patel Bhawan is very closely similar to site of Dak Tar Bhawan. Both are located on a roundabout, on a square plot with a crescent cut out from one corner of…
“In 1973, SARP (the Association of Polish Architects) organised a closed architectural competition for the design of the Polish Embassy in the Indian capital, New Delhi. The first prize was awarded to a design by Kraków-based architects, Witold…
Maulana Azad, a close associate and friend of Mahatma Gandhi, was buried in the historic setting between Shah Jahan’s Jama Masjid and the Red Fort. In keeping with the requirements set down by Jawaharlal Nehru, the design was not to conflict with the…
“Shiv Nath Prasad designed the famous Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (1966-69) in New Delhi. This is a unique illustration of Corbusier's influence on modern Indian architecture. It is located on a 0.25-hectare site in the heart of the capital,…
“The STC building comprises 'L-shaped' office blocks that are in response to the heights of the adjoining buildings. The highest part of the building is defined by a cubic volume at the junction of the L-shaped configuration. A low, three story…
“The Swiss Embassy is a remarkable example of postwar modern architecture and an attestation to the precarious process of manifesting abstract concepts of nationhood into the built form.”
The Swiss Embassy is visible from the street, unlike…
“YMCA Staff Housing is a complex of four secretaries apartments and four junior staff quarters. The clients brief insisted on a physical separation of the two categories of apartments and this was developed in the form of a separating street. The…
This hotel reflects the brutalist style with large monolithic concrete used in the design. "It is linear, fortress-like and has a block form
In the hotel, a service floor separates the bedrooms above from the common areas on the lower floors. Like…
“Pearey Lal Bhawan [PLB] was the cultural and intellectual hotspot of Delhi. Established in 1973, PLB has been the ‘venue of choice’ for hosting business conventions, cultural performances, conferences and art exhibitions. Inaugurated in 1973 by the…
