Institutional architecture Indian context: 75 years evolution
By: Paul, Suneet
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Publisher: Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022Edition: Vol.87(8), Aug.Description: 62-66p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: The evolution process in architecture is continuous, robust
and ever-transforming with time. And what typology could
exemplify this better than the Institutional one. A typology
that has been the favorite of all rulers and governments right
from day one, has always been symbolic of their strength and
power. Earlier concepts revolved around utilizing a grand
scale, solid materials, huge volumes of spaces, regal vistas,
elaborate landscaping, art, etc. to create an architecture of
character which would generate awe and possibly fear in the
common man. Pre- colonially, this grandeur was witnessed in
the darbar halls or structures related to governance or justice
and administration within the massive palace complexes of
kings. In India, it is the British who brought in the formal
format of architecture as visualized by the Western world.
They built their later buildings in the Indo-Saracenic style,
as exemplified in the majestic structure of the Victoria
Terminal, Calcutta. The then-built government institutional
building blocks all along the Rajpath, New Delhi, typify the
strong neo-classical British style.
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The evolution process in architecture is continuous, robust
and ever-transforming with time. And what typology could
exemplify this better than the Institutional one. A typology
that has been the favorite of all rulers and governments right
from day one, has always been symbolic of their strength and
power. Earlier concepts revolved around utilizing a grand
scale, solid materials, huge volumes of spaces, regal vistas,
elaborate landscaping, art, etc. to create an architecture of
character which would generate awe and possibly fear in the
common man. Pre- colonially, this grandeur was witnessed in
the darbar halls or structures related to governance or justice
and administration within the massive palace complexes of
kings. In India, it is the British who brought in the formal
format of architecture as visualized by the Western world.
They built their later buildings in the Indo-Saracenic style,
as exemplified in the majestic structure of the Victoria
Terminal, Calcutta. The then-built government institutional
building blocks all along the Rajpath, New Delhi, typify the
strong neo-classical British style.
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