Lutyens' Delhi

Lutyens' Delhi
Neighborhood
Lutyens' Delhi Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°38′8.74″N 77°13′28.02″E / 28.6357611°N 77.2244500°E / 28.6357611; 77.2244500
Country	India
Union Territory	Delhi
District	New Delhi
Named for	Sir Edwin Lutyens

Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was entrusted with the vast majority of the architectural design and buildings of the city that subsequently emerged as New Delhi during the period of the British Raj. Lutyens' Delhi progressively developed over the period from 1912 to 1931. This also includes the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ).

Lutyens designed four bungalows in the Viceroy House Estate (now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate); today, these bungalows lie on the Mother Teresa Crescent (then Willingdon Crescent). Lutyens, apart from designing the Viceroy's House, spearheaded the design and oversaw construction of large government buildings and was involved in town planning too.^[1]

Herbert Baker, who also designed with the Secretariat Buildings, designed bungalows on the then King George's Avenue (south of the Secretariats) for high-ranking officials of the British Empire. Other members of the team of architects were Robert Tor Russell, who built Connaught Place, the Eastern and Western Courts on Janpath, Teen Murti House (formerly called Flagstaff House), Safdarjung Airport (formerly Willingdon Airfield), Irwin Amphitheatre (renamed Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium) and several government houses,^[2] William Henry Nicholls, CG Blomfield, FB Blomfield, Walter Sykes George, Arthur Gordon Shoosmith and Henry Medd.^[1][3]

It was included in the 2002 World Monuments Watch list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites, curated by the World Monuments Fund, a heritage organization headquartered in New York.^[4]