Robert Grant Irving
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Robert Grant Irving is an author and lecturer specializing in the history of art and architecture of Britain and the British Empire. His book Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, and Imperial Delhi (Yale University Press, 1981 and Oxford University Press, 1982) is the story of the creation of New Delhi from 1911 to 1931, the grandest architectural undertaking in the history of the British Empire. The principal architects were the two leading practitioners of the day, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. Irving's book won the British Council Prize in the Humanities as well as the highest honor of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award.
Irving was born in
Irving has been a lifetime advocate and activist for historic preservation.
During his studies at Yale
The completed dissertation became the basis for the award-winning book Indian Summer.
Selected works
- Articles and reviews for Architecture (American Institute of Architects), Perspecta (Yale School of Architecture), Progressive Architecture, and House and Garden.
- Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, and Imperial Delhi, published by Yale University Press (London) in November 1981, Yale University Press (New Haven) in April 1982, and Oxford University Press (New Delhi) in May 1982. Second printing, May 1982. Paperbound edition, August 1983. Third printing, December 1983.
- "Bombay and Imperial Delhi: Cities as Symbols." In Lutyens Abroad: The Work of Sir Edwin Lutyens outside the British Isles, edited by Andrew Hopkins and Gavin Stamp, pp. 169–180. London: The British School at Rome, 2002.
- "Art for Empire's Sake: Architecture and Symbolism in British India." In Architectural Culture circa 1900, edited by Claudia Shmidt and Fabio Grimentieri. Buenos Aires: Torcuato Di Tella University and UNESCO, 2003.
References
- ^ Grad Student Sues Airline for $35,000, Yale Daily News, 1970-01-27, retrieved 2009-03-11[permanent dead link]