FAMOUS ARCHITECTS

AND
THEIR BUILDINGS
PART - IV

Ar. Sowmyaa.C
Excel College of Architecture & Planning
 UTTAM C JAIN
 Uttam Chand Jain
 Born in 1934 in Melwara,
Rajasthan
 He completed his schooling
at Jodhpur Rajasthan
 He graduated in architecture
with I class honors in 1958 at
Indian institute of technology,
Kharagpur
 1958-59 Advanced study
scholarship from the National
University of Tucuman,
Argentina
 His buildings reflect the
heritage of that particular
place
 INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
(IGIDR)
 Location : Goregaon, Mumbai,
Maharashtra
 Inaugurated on 28 December
1987
 Building Type : Advanced research
and educational institution
 Architectural Style : Indigenous
architecture
UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR CAMPUS
LECTURE CAMPUS
 Location : Jodhpur, Rajasthan
 The lecture theatre was completed
in 1971
 Building Type : Lecture theatre
 Architectural Style : Cost Effective
Design/ Indigenous architecture
HERBERT BAKER (1862 – 1946)
 Sir Herbert Baker
 English architect
 Major designer of some of
New Delhi's most notable
government structures
 He was born at Cobham,
Kent, England
 He remembered as the
dominant force in South
African architecture for two
decades
 With Sir Edwin Lutyens he
was instrumental in
designing, among other
buildings
 THE SECRETARIAT
 Location : New Delhi, India
 Duration : 1912 - 1927
 Building Type :
Central Secretariat, Home to
some of the most important
ministries of the Cabinet of
India.
 Architectural Style : Indo-
Saracenic Revival Architecture
THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE
 House of Parliament
 Location : New Delhi
 Duration : 1921 - 1927
 Building Type : Bicameral
 Architectural Style :
Indigenous architecture
 HABIB RAHMAN
 Indian architect
 Born in the year 1915 at
Kolkata
 He obtained his Bachelor of
Engineering in 1939 in
Calcutta
 He studied at the MIT and
obtained his Masters in
Architecture in 1944
Habib Rahman became the
Senior Architect of the Central
Public Works Department in
New Delhi
 Architectural style –
Bauhaus Style
 RABINDRA BHAWAN
 Location : Delhi
 Established in the year of
1961
 Building Type : multi-purpose
cultural centre
 Architectural Style : Bauhaus
 Nominated Aga Khan award in
1980
NEW SECRETARIAT,
KOLKATA
 Location : Kolkata, West Bengal
 Duration : 1949 - 1954
 Building Type : Secretariat
 Architectural Style : Modernist
 1st architect to introduce
skyscraper to India
 ANANT RAJE (1929 – 2009)
 Anant Damodar Raje
 Born in Nasik, Maharastra
 In 1954 he graduated in
Architecture from
Sir.J.J.School of fine arts
 1957 – 1960 : Professional
practice with Mr.B.V.Doshi
1964 – 1968 – Worked with
Louis Khan in Philadelphia
 He became the honorary
Director of School of
Architecture,
Ahmedabad(C.E.P.T)
 Architectural style :
Vernacular & modern fusion
 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
FOREST MANAGEMENT

 Location : Nehru Nagar, in the

southern west corner of the city
of Bhopal
 Established in the year 1989
 Building Type : Institutional
 Architectural Style : Modern
BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS
 Location : Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh
 Established in the year 1990
 Building Type : Government
Office Building
 Architectural Style : Modern
BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895 – 1983)
 American architect
 systems theorist, author,
designer, inventor, and
futurist
 Born on 1895 at Milton,
Massachusetts, United States
 He studied at Milton
Academy in Massachusetts
and then at Harvard
University
 His designs focused around
more efficient and lower cost
 The design principle he used
is “Ephemeralization” which
translates to doing more with
less
MONTREAL BIOSPHERE
 Location :Montrel,
Quebec, Canada
 Established in the year of
1967
 Building Type : environment
museum
 Architectural Style :
Ephemeralization

FULLER’S HOME
 Location : Carbondale, Illinois
 Duration : 1960 - 1971
 Building Type : Dwelling unit
 Architectural Style : Modern
Movement
 SATHISH GUJARAL
 Born on 23rd December
1925 at Jhelum, Punjab
 He is an indian painter,
sculptor, muralist, graphic
designer, writer and architect
 1939 – 1944 studied at
Mayo school of Art, Lahore
 1944 – 1954 did his diploma
in fine art at Sir.J.J.School of
Arts, Mumbai
 1952 – 1954 Palacio
Nationale De Belles Artes
Mexico
 Inspired from Indian culture
and tradition and
Indian architecture
 BELGIUM EMBASSY
 Location : New Delhi
 Established in the year 1947
 Building Type : embassy
 Architectural Style : Organic
 The embassy was one of
Satish Gujral's most challenging
assignments, winning him
national and international
awards
GOA UNIVERSITY
 Location : Goa
 Established in the year of
1985
 Building Type : Institutional
 Architectural Style :
Traditional Architecture
ADITYA PRAKASH (1924 – 2008)
 Indian Architect
 Born in 1924 at
Muzaffarnagar, UttarPradesh
 He was an architect, painter,
academic and published author
 graduated from London
Polytechnic in 1951
 studied at the Glasgow School
of Art
 He designed over 60 buildings
all in north India
 the Architecture style he
followed is modernist
 He was one of the earliest
Indian champions
of sustainable urbanism
 AGRICULTURAL AND
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
 Location : Ludhiana, India
 This was established in the
year of 1964
 Building Type : Institution
 Architectural Style : modern
CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS
ORGANISATION (CSIO)
 Location : Chandigarh
 Established in the year 1959
 Building Type : research,
design and development of
scientific and industrial
instruments
 Architectural Style : Modern
 India-based national library
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