Parliament Library
Parliament Library
New Delhi, India Architects
Raj Rewal Associates New Delhi, India
Clients
Parliament of India New Delhi, India
Commission
n.a.
Design
1993 - 1994
Construction
1994 - 2002
Occupancy
2003
Site
39’916 m2
Ground Floor Total Floor
13’380 m2 60’460 m2
Costs
US$ 44’888’888
Programme
‘Conceived within the Indian tradition, built in a contemporary idiom’, the Parliament Library relates quietly to its context - the heart of Sir Edward Lutyens’ urban design of Delhi. Its external facade, clad in red sandstone, is ‘austere for aesthetic and functional reasons’. Internally, the defining theme is light, admitted through three courtyards and twelve domes. The domes are of various sizes and are constructed of lightweight fibre cement, bright steel lattice and tensile cables, structural glass and glass bricks. A roof garden provides a gathering space for scholars and parliamentarians in the winter, and a thermal barrier in the summer.
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New Delhi, India Architects
Raj Rewal Associates New Delhi, India
Clients
Parliament of India New Delhi, India
Commission
n.a.
Design
1993 - 1994
Construction
1994 - 2002
Occupancy
2003
Site
39’916 m2
Ground Floor Total Floor
13’380 m2 60’460 m2
Costs
US$ 44’888’888
Programme
‘Conceived within the Indian tradition, built in a contemporary idiom’, the Parliament Library relates quietly to its context - the heart of Sir Edward Lutyens’ urban design of Delhi. Its external facade, clad in red sandstone, is ‘austere for aesthetic and functional reasons’. Internally, the defining theme is light, admitted through three courtyards and twelve domes. The domes are of various sizes and are constructed of lightweight fibre cement, bright steel lattice and tensile cables, structural glass and glass bricks. A roof garden provides a gathering space for scholars and parliamentarians in the winter, and a thermal barrier in the summer.
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