Imperial City - ACE094.7

Street scenes. Officials’ houses, Cathedral Church of the Redemption (designed by Henry Medd), the brick Army Church (Arthur Shoesmith) – Lutyens’s advice VO. Roads. Views over the city; commentary on other work by Lutyens’s. Modern buildings in Delhi. Views of imperial buildings. Countryside. Commentary gives details of nationalist movement. Statue of Queen Victoria. The site of the 1911 Durbar; statue of George V. Delhi. Chandighar, designed by le Corbusier; VO Lutyens’s words about "so-called ‘functionalism’" which he did not see could replace traditional styles. Painting of Lutyens. Views of the Viceroy’s Palace and the Secretariat buildings showing how, after Lutyens had agreed to Baker’s suggestion to move them closer to each other, the gradient of Rai Sina meant that the former lost its dominant position. Moveable drawing by Lutyens demonstrating this. He was unable to have the situation remedied and his friendship with Baker ended – Lutyens said that he "met [his] Bakerloo". Military display outside the Palace, now the official residence of the President. Views of buildings; commentary reports the criticisms; Lutyens’s words VO says that "the swan-song of Empire" was "a good tune, well played" and gives his views on more modern architecture. Credits.