Lecture May 13th- Politics of the Artificial

The architecture of power- The case of Imperial Delhi

Imperial and Architectural contect-
-Ancient seat of empires
-'jewel in the crown' or 'keystone of empire'
-Indian taditions
-British traditions

Imperial and Architectural Theory-
-Occidentalism vs Orientalism
-The politics of Design
-Design by Diktat or Democracy
-Symbolism

Imperial and Architectural Practice
-Something old, something new, soemthing borrowed, something askew?
-Sir Edwin Lutyens -The viceroys palace
-Sir Herbert Baker - Govt Secretariat
-Monuemtn or Mausoleum?
-Legacies