Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is separated into three parts horizontally.

First, the base in rusticated buff limestone with copper-clad windows, the main body of pale-coloured bricks and terra-cotta with unusual and gracious undulating oriels, and the capital represented here by arches and columns topped by a heavy projected cornice and a flat balustraded roof. The Greek column character was enhanced by the rounded prow, creating the illusion of a freestanding colossal column.

Simile

The Flatiron Building or Fuller Building New York City Daniel Burnham 1902

A teardrop on the cheek of time

Rabindranath Tagore

Metaphor

The Taj Mahal Agra 1653

Tagore describes the Taj, and with the use of a single phrase, expresses it’s many dimensions Ethereal Delicate Eternal Exquisite

Symbolism

The Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi 1948

Lutyens' design is grandly classical overall, with colors and details inspired by Indian architecture. There was the traditional Indian chhajja, which took the place of a frieze in classical architecture. On the roofline are several chuttris, and the dome combines classical and Indian styles. Lutyens said the design evolved from that of the Pantheon in Rome, while it is also possible that it was modelled after the great Stupa at Sanchi.

The architecture of the Rashtrapati Bhawan symbolizes the amalgamation of Indian and European elements, much like the Indian socio-political structure.

St. Peter's Basilica

and

Piazza Rome

Falling Waters Frank Lloyd Wright

Baptistery at Pisa, Italy 1153-1265

Diameter: 116 feet.

Heigh

t : 18

0 feet

Elevation

Circle

Plan

Rectangle

The ratio of the diameter to the height is very close to 8:13, the Golden Ratio. Two quantities a and b are said to be in the golden ratio φ if:

Golden Ratio

Fibonacci Spiral

The sides of the triangle are in the ratio 1 : 1.2720196 : 1.6180339 or

Kepler Triangle

Geometry can exist without architecture, but architecture cannot exist without geometry.

Bhavika Aggarwal B. Arch. 1st Yr. Sec. ‘B’

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