Career Robert Tor Russell
teen murti bhavan, new delhi
in 1919 returned india , rose become chief architect pwd. in position led team established monumental architecture of new delhi according neo-classical model envisaged sir edwin lutyens. main creative period between 1929 , 1933. during period designed teen murti bhavan (flagstaff house) commander in chief of british indian army; subsequently became residence of jawaharlal nehru. eastern , western courts on janpath (queensway) built accommodate indian legislators russell s work, bungalows numbers 1,3,5,7 lok kalyan marg, comprise 7, lok kalyan marg, official residence of indian prime minister.
russell designed safdarjung airport, national stadium, delhi, , several colonial mansions , government housing in area known lutyens delhi in 1931, designed round new delhi general post office (gole dak khana) building in gole market locality. situated inside busy roundabout earlier known alexandra place. designed pataudi palace nawabs of pataudi, in haryana. russell s obvious legacy connaught place, 2 concentric circles of colonnaded streets modeled after georgian architecture of royal crescent in english city of bath, became commercial hub of city.
columns @ connaught place
he appointed cie work on development of new delhi in 1930.
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