Walter George came to India in 1915 as part of Lutyens team of Architects to work on New Delhi along with Robert Tor Russell, Arthur Gordon Shoosmith, Henry Medd and John Greaves, primarily assigned to develop drawings and an amalgamated language of classical architecture with Indian elements. Through his partnership, George admired and grew immensely fond of Lutyens and the precision with which he followed pure Classical architecture. By around 1920, George started his own practice and often worked with Lutyens on private projects. Notable amongst his early works is the St Thomas’s church, where he, much like his fellow Shoosmith’s Martin Garrison church, adopted for an exposed red brick simple structure, additionally adding Delhi quartz as cobell. Both churches defined a new age architecture for the city, which George slowly mastered through his career. Other notable works include the Bhawalpur House, Patiala House, Kashmir House, Scindia House, St Stephens College and Chapel and Sujan Singh Park Apartments. 

George was a member of the Delhi Improvement Trust, a part of the Sub Committee who designed expansions for the city as well as had design control in form of bye laws and suggested layouts. His involvement with the Trust probably made other members such as Sardar Sobha Singh and Lala Shri Ram choose him for their projects. After partition, he was also the housing advisor to the government of India and started an architecture school in Delhi informally. He has been the president of the Indian Institute of Architects twice and founded the Indian Institute of Town Planners. 

Walter George refined the amalgamated architecture that Lutyens reluctantly formed to a language much appreciated in the later half of his life. Having an understanding of the Modern styles developing around the world, he’d often find a synthesis of those to the Indian context. Many of his projects hint towards Art Deco and Streamline Moderne apart from the language he refined. He received an OBE while in India and breathed his last in the city. 

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References : Richard Butler, 'The Anglo Indian Architect Walter Sykes George' (Jstor); 
The Indian Architect, March 1959

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Acknowledgement: Mohider Singh's Family 

The firm had a clear division of works between the three members, administrative works, contracts, surveys and valuation came to Master. Designing, detailing and public relations to Sathe and Bhuta to get current trends in designs and materials as well as bringing projects to the firm. Before dissolving in 1957, the trio is accredited for many stunning modern buildings specially for banks and insurance companies. According to the firm’s profile, 70% of all upcoming buildings in India in the 1950s were by Master Sathe Bhuta or their associates. Notable ones include the New India Assurance Building, Bombay, Laxmi Insurance Building, Bombay, Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi, Residence for the Maharaja of Kota, New Delhi, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay and Mafatlal Park housing, Bombay. Buildings associated with the firm represented Art Deco style in their form and mass as well as motifs and ornamentation. For some projects, they adopted and deciphered the ‘Swadeshi’ arts and incorporated them with the style, making a harmonious visual creation of Indo Deco. Along with architecture, the firm also commented upon arts and sculptures as in the case of RBI Delhi, where GM Bhuta was member of the committee to install a sculpture outside the main gates. 

Architects such as Charles Correa and Arvind Talati are known to have worked at the firm, while contractors Shapoorji Palanji and suppliers Bharat Tiles have commissioned many of their projects. 

A member of the firm and Mr Master’s relative, NK Kothari, moved to Delhi in 1946, branching the firm further from Bombay. In 1956, the firm was split as Master Sathe Kothari and GM Bhuta and Associates. NK Kothari is credited for bringing Bombay style bungalows to Delhi, famously at PUSA Road, and for handling projects like Shankar Terrace at Chandni Chowk, Golcha and Delite Cinema Halls and later a few Embassies along with foreign partners, on behalf of the firm. 

Eventually by the 1980s, the firm was split as Master and Associates, Kothari and Associates and GM Bhuta and Associates.

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References : 'India', Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava, 2015;

Acknowledgements : Mr Srikant Sathe, Mr Shirish Joshi

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Acknowledgements : Maann Design Group, Scindia House

Later, contributions of GC Sharma are also found at the St Stephens College, which was primarily designed by Walter George, an architect with the Delhi Improvement Trust.

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References : Documents for Stephens, Delhi Archives