Famous Architects of India

Name Important works

Raj Rewal • Asiad Village, New Delhi
• Parliament Library, New Delhi
• Hall of Nations, New Delhi
• STC Building, New Delhi
Charles Correa • Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
• Bharat Bhavan ,Bhopal
• National Crafts Museum & LIC building at Connaught
Place, New Delhi
• Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Ahemdabad
• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Bhopal
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

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IIM-Bangalore
Centre for Environment and Planning
Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi
23 Marina, Dubai
Imperial Towers, Mumbai
• DLF Center, Delhi
Nari Gandhi • Daya residence, Mumbai
• Patel residence, Surat
• Gateway to mosque, Kolgaon
• Jain Bungalow, Lonavla
Achyut Kanvinde • PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur
• The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Laurie Baker • The Indian Coffee House, Trivandrum
• Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum
• Literacy Village, Lucknow
Anant Damodar Raje • Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
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Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Sanjay Puri • Ishatvam 9, Ranchi, Jharkhand
• The Origami House, Pune
• Auriga Restaurant, Mumbai
Anupama Kundoo • Shah Houses, Auroville
• Wall House, Auroville
Bimal Patel • Ahmedabad Management Association
• Arvind Mills Corporate Studio, Ahmedabad
• New Campus for the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad
Romi Khosla • Shantanu and Nikhil Showroom, Delhi
• Jamia Art Gallery, Delhi
Satish Gujral • Belgium Embassy , Delhi
Prem Nath • Revolving restaurant at Ambassador Hotel,Mumbai
• Golden Palm Resort, Bangalore
• HMEL Township, Bhatinda
• Cygnus World School, Gujarat
• Bhakti Park, Residential Complex, Mumbai
Uttam C. Jain • University of Jodhpur
• The City Hall, Balotra, Rajasthan

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• Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research,
Mumbai Universal Harmony Hall, Mount Abu
Eugene Pandala • Revathy Kala Mandir, Trivandrum, Kerala
• Banasura Hill Resort, Wayanad, Kerala
Bijoy Jain • Copper House II, Chondi, Maharashtra
• Tara House, Kashid, Maharashtra
Shashi Prabhu • Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
• Lilawati Kirtilal Mehta Hospital ,Bandra,Mumbai
• Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium ,Delhi
• The Sports City , Hyderabad

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Kamal Sagar • Green is the Colour, Bangalore
• The Good Earth, Ulsoor, Bangalore
• The Magic Faraway Tree, Bangalore
Shirish Beri • D. Y. Patil medical college & hostels, Navi Mumbai
• National centre for cell sciences, Pune
• St. Xavier's church, Kolhapur
Brinda Somaya • Birla Institute Of Technology and Sciences, Pilani
• Zensar Technology Limited, Pune
• Restoration of the Indian Institute of Management –
Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Louis Kahn Campus

International Architects’ work in India

Name Important works

Le Corbusier (Swiss, French)
Sir Edwin Lutyens (British)
Sir Herbert Baker (British)
Henry Irwin (British)
• Assembly Hall ,High Court and Secretariat Building
in Chandigarh
• India Gate, New Delhi
• Secretariat Building, New Delhi
• Connaught Place, New Delhi
• Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
• Secretariat Building, New Delhi
• Parliament House, New Delhi
• Amba Vilas( Mysore Palace), Mysore
• Chennai Central Railway Terminus, Chennai

Samuel Swinton Jacob (British)
Frederick William Stevens (British)
Charles Wyatt (British)
Joseph Allen Stein (American)
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• Government Museum, Chennai
• Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur
• Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
• Laxmi Niwas Palace, Bikaner
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
• Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai
• Government House (now Raj Bhavan), Kolkata
• India Habitat Center, Delhi
• Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai
• Landscaping of Lodhi Gardens, Delhi along with
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• Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode campus
• KeralaTriveni Kala Sangam Arts centre, Delhi
Christopher Charles Benninger (American • Mahindra United World College,Mulshi
Indian) • Suzlon One Earth, Pune
• India House,Pune
• Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Roger Anger (French) • Matrimandir, Auroville

Planned Cities of India

City Details
Chandigarh The city was primarily designed by Le Corbusier,
but it also has projects designed by architects
such as Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew and Maxwell
Fry.

Bhubaneswar German architect Otto Königsberger

Auroville ,near puducherry,T.N. French architect Roger Anger

Navi Mumbai One of the world's largest planned townships. Its

planning involved, Charles Correa (Chief

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Architect), Shirish Patel, Pravina Mehta and R. K.
Jha (Chief Planner).

Prakash M Apte & H. K. Mewada, who had

apprenticed with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh.

Dhule, Maharashtra It is one of the very few well-planned cities of

India before independence. The town planning
of this city was done by Sir M.Vishveshwariah.