Herbert Baker: Difference between revisions

In 1912 Baker went to India to work with [[Edwin Lutyens|Lutyens]], and went on to design the [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|Secretariat Building]] in [[New Delhi]] and [[Sansad Bhavan|Parliament House]], also in New Delhi. He also designed the bungalows of Members of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] in New Delhi. Baker designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking the [[Rajpath|great axis]] leading to what was then [[Viceroy's House]], the palace of the [[Viceroy of India]], now known as [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] (President's House).<ref>{{cite news|title=The building Blocks of British empire|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/The-building-Blocks-of-British-empire/Article1-706587.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807201346/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/The-building-Blocks-of-British-empire/Article1-706587.aspx|archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> He had outmanuvered Lutyens during the [[Construction of New Delhi]], and was respected more than him afterwards due to lots of Lutyens' ideas not being accepted- till the duo were not on talking terms.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Dayal |first=Mala |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVJwAjsOBz0C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=delhi+lectures+khushwant&hl=en |title=Celebrating Delhi |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-08482-1 |language=en}}</ref>