Willingdon Air Station was the first modern air station established in British India. The airport was designed by Robert Tor Russell, the consulting architect with the Central Public Works Department, and Captain A.G. Wyatt, R.E. Engineer officer with the Director of Civil Aviation. It was named after the Viceroy and Governor General of British India […]
St Stephens was designed by the well-known architect Walter Sykes George along with his Indian Associate at the time – Sardar Nand Singh, with its foundation stone laid in 1939 by Revd. Charles Freer Andrews, a close friend of Gandhi and a campaigner for Independence. The new college building was completed in 1941, with the […]
In India, the story of broadcasting was planned in the year 1943. This year brought broadcasting into a new phase. Due to the opening of AIR, Delhi Station in the capital city from February 1943, cultural and educational activities gained momentum. Arts, Education and Music gained value. To further the development of broadcasting, the government […]
Brihan Maharashtra Bhawan was established in the year 1951 as a travel, lodging and boarding in the neighbourhood of Paharganj. Although the exteriors of the building are predominantly in the Neo-Classical style, the entrance staircase can be seen highly influenced by the Art Deco style in terms of its continous curving form and colourful terrazzo […]
Filmistan stands with its flamboyant facade on Rani Jhansi road and Sadar Bazaar area. Filmistan Company Ltd. where the cinema takes its name from was a film production company originally from Bombay that expanded to Delhi with the opening of this theatre / exhibition space. It was shut down a few years ago but at […]
The Shri Ram College of Commerce was established by Industrialist, philanthropist and a member of the Delhi Improvement Trust, Lala Shri Ram. Walter George, another member of the Trust was appointed as the architect, who chose exposed brick with Delhi quartz stone to render the building. While the college is profiled as a curvilinear facade […]
Similar to the language set by St Stephens, Ramjas College’s Tower reflects a particular affinity to Art Deco style with stepping in the tower’s profile, a vertical slit with louvred details, a porthole window currently bearing the college’s logo and a floating flat roof sitting on top of brackets. Ramjas Foundation was established by Rai […]
The arts department of the Delhi University in the North Campus is housed in a building that many would relate to Art Deco in the first glimpse itself. Its prominent stepped profile with a central rising tower and play of recessed mass, highlights its influence from style. The tower specially relates to the genre of […]
Hindu Education Trust was established by Krishan Dass Gurwale at Kinari Bazar in Chandni Chowk. In 1908 the college was shifted to a building in Kashmiri Gate which was donated by Rai Bahadur Sultan Singh. Lala Shri Ram and Lala Jagan Nath were both members of the Hindu Education Trust. At the time of shifting […]
RM Arya Girls School is located at the cross section of Raja Bazar Road and Arya School Lane. It was named after Lala Raghu Mal who was a proprietor of Dehradun Mussoorie Electric Tramway Co. Ltd. and a businessman between Calcutta, Dehradun, Mussoorie and Delhi. Raghu Gunj in Chawri Bazar is also named after him. […]