The iron gates of Rashtrapati Bhavan which lead to the Presidential Residence were modeled by Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869 -
The iron gates of Rashtrapati Bhavan , which lead to the Presidential Residence , were modeled by Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869 - 1944) on a pair he saw in Chiswick , Lutyens was President of the Royal Academy from 1938 to 1944. He was commissioned to design India's new capital in 1911. It took him 20 years to build the city in a unique style that combined Western Classicism with Indian decorative motifs. The result is classical in form and English in manner , Delhi , India
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