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India, Imperialism and Identity: Arthur Shoosmith

Part 2 Dissertation 2017
Thomas Rigby
 University of Liverpool | UK
Hidden amongst the shadows of Lutyen’s Imperial Capital lies the work of little known architect Arthur Shoosmith. Designing in one of the most dynamic architectural situations to have existed, this dissertation examines his work as a response to the four corner posts that define this milieu: Lutyens, Modernism, India and Empire. On the eve of a new era, what can Shoosmith’s buildings tell us about this unique position in history?

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Dr Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
2017
St Martin’s Garrison Church - Arthur Shoosmith 1928.
The Lady Hardinge Serai - Arthur Shoosmith 1931.
Photographs of Shoosmith and Lutyens in New Delhi taken by Marjorie Shoosmith, 1928.
A comparison of St Martin's stepped mass with that of Lutyens’ India Gate.
The Lady Hardinge Serai and Walter George’s Sujan Singh Park Complex, built 1945.
Walter George’s St Stephen’s College, 1938, and the tower of St Martin’s.
St Martin’s and Giles Gilbert Scott’s Battersea Power Station, 1932.
Survey section by Shoosmith of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlak and an original section of St Martin’s.
His use of proportion in both his educational studies, 1920, and his completed work.
Early unbuilt work from Shoosmith proposing a crematorium for Cambridge.
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