Since the beginning of the 20th century, Indian Architecture has seen a lot of transformation right from the colonial architecture to modern and then the global in recent times. India has always been rich in Architecture, either one of the first civilizations of the world, Indus Valley Civilization, the architecture of Hampi in late middle ages or the Mughal Architecture till the 19th Century.
Architect and Urban Designer, Vikas Pawar has worked on Journey of 100 years of architecture in India from 1905 to 2005, with the guidance from Prof. K. T. Ravindran, Dr. Vinod Gupta, and Ar. Anuj Mehta. He was recently awarded for his work at the centenary celebration of the Indian Institute of Architects in 2017. A graduate of School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, Vikas Pawar has been a speaker at TEDx Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, Kolkata and TEDx PEC, Chandigarh.
The projects have been arranged in chronological order under various building categories like Cultural, Public Building, Housing, Educational, and Building for Governance. We have divided the list of buildings in four parts, we request our readers to go through all the parts of this article, also if you feel that some architecture marvel has been missed out, do share with us. We would be happy to update this list.
1908-23 Ballard Estate
Designed by: George Wittet
Category: Housing
City: Mumbai
1910 Esplanade Mansions, Calcutta
Designed by: Martin And Co.
Category: Housing
City: Kolkata
1928 St Martins Garrison Church New Delhi
Designed by: Arthur Shoosmith
Category: Institutional
City: New Delhi
1928 Virginia House Calcutta
Designed by: Sudlow, Ballardie, And Thompson
Category: Public Building
City: Kolkata
1929-44 Umaid Bhawan Palace Jodhpur
Designed by: Vidyadhar Bhattacharya and Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob Henry Vaughan Lanchester
Category: Building for Governance
City: Jodhpur
1930-34 The Regal Bombay
Designed by: Charles Stephens
Category: Cultural
City: Bombay
1931-33 Statesman Building, Calcutta
Designed by: Sudlow, Ballardie & Thompson
Category: Public Building
City: Kolkata
1934 The College of Arts Building at Osmania University Hyderabad
Designed by: Nawab Zain Yar Jung
Category: Educational
City: Hyderabad
1935-The-New-India-Assurance-Building-Mumbai
Designed by: Master Sathe And Bhuta
Category: Public Building
City: Mumbai
1936-48 Golconde, Pondicherry
Designed by: Antonin Raymond
Category: Public Building
City: Pondicherry
