DEFINING ELEMENTS OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW DELHI

CERTIFICATE

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Certified that this thesis titled Defining Elements of Colonial Architecture in New
Delhi is the bonafide work of Ratul Gumber who carried out the work under my
supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge, the work reported herein
does not form part of any other thesis or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or
award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.

Thesis Guide
(Ar. Vipasha Sharma)

Principal, School of Architecture

(Prof. Aradhana Jindal)

External Jurors:

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Thesis Coordinator
(Prof. Aradhana Jindal)

DEFINING ELEMENTS OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW DELHI

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Ar. Vipasha Sharma for aiding me in

completing my dissertation report. With deep sense of gratitude I acknowledge the
encouragement and guidance given by Principal maam (Prof. Aradhna Jindal). I convey
my heart full affection to all those people who helped and supported me.

Ratul Gumber
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DEFINING ELEMENTS OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW DELHI

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Planning of New Delhis
Figure 2 Zoning
Figure 3 Radial Pattern, Connaught Place, New Delhi
Figure 4 Lady Irwin College, New delhi
Figure 5 Major Localities or Muhallas
Figure 6 Mutiny Memorial
Figure 7 War Memorial Arch
Figure 8 Canopy
Figure 8 Rashtrapati Bhawan
Figure10 Secretariat Building
Figure11 N S Block of Secretariat Building
Figure 12 Legislative Building
Figure 13 Western Court
Figure 14 Eastern Court
Figure 15 Rashtrapati Bhawan Dome
Figure 16 Jaipur Column
Figure 17 Central Dome on Secretariat Building
Figure 18 Chattris on Secretariat Building
Figure 19 Use of Pink Sandstone in Buildings

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Figure 20 Parliament Library, New Delhi

Figure 21 Site of the Parliament Library
Figure 22 Planning inspirations
Figure 23 Sections
Figure 24 Layout Plans
Figure 25 Central Dome with Ladder Purlins
Figure 26 Use of Red Sandstone Jali
Figure 27 Landscaping
Figure 28 Reflective Pool in the Northeast Corner
Figure 29 Shallow Concrete Dome Structure
Figure 30 East View of the Library
Figure 31 Use of Red Sandstone Jali
Figure 32 Steel columns Cladded with Red Sandstone

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