what was the purpose of his visit?
Business, he became Chief Architect to the PWD.
Robert Tor Russell
In 1919 he returned to India and rose to become Chief Architect to the PWD. I
when was the royal crescent in bath built Between 1767 and 1774. what was the royal crescent? It is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath who designed them? John Wood. where is he from? Bath. can you tell me some other works that he has done? The Circus and Gay Street. who was behind the building of the crescent? Robert Tor Russell. and who was he? A British architect. where was he from? Hitchin, Hertfordshire. did he ever visit india? Yes. where did he visit? Delhi.
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Robert Tor Russell [SEP] New Delhi
In 1919 he returned to India and rose to become Chief Architect to the PWD. In this position he led the team that established the monumental architecture of New Delhi according to the neo-classical model envisaged by Sir Edwin Lutyens. His main creative period was between 1929 and 1933. During this period he designed Teen Murti Bhavan (Flagstaff House) originally for the Commander in Chief of the British Indian Army; it subsequently became the residence of Jawaharlal Nehru. The Eastern and Western Courts on Janpath (Queensway) built to accommodate Indian legislators were Russell's work, as were the bungalows numbers 1,3,5,7 Lok Kalyan Marg, which now comprise 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the official residence of the Indian Prime Minister.