• George Wittet (1878-1926) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in Mumbai, India. George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1878. He studied...
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    design competition, in 1909 the architect George Wittet was commissioned to design the Museum building. Wittet had already worked on the design of the General...
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    Gateway of India (category George V)
    Gujarati architecture. The final design of the monument by architect George Wittet was sanctioned only in 1914, and construction was completed in 1924...
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    residential bungalow of the Bombay Port Trust was originally made by George Wittet, who also designed the Gateway of India. Lodha Altamount has 43 floors...
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  • residential bungalow of the Bombay Port Trust was originally made by George Wittet, who also designed the Gateway of India and The Grand Hotel at Ballard...
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    structure built with Malad stone and was designed by Scottish architect George Wittet who designed over 40 buildings for the group and later became the head...
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    the Mumbai Port Trust, which constructed the port and Ballard Pier. George Wittet designed the buildings for the business district, imposing a uniformity...
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  • on 31 March 1911, by Governor of Bombay Sir George Sydenham Clarke, and the final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in August 1914. The foundations...
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    on Eduljee Dinshaw Road. Karachi Port Trust Building was designed by George Wittet, who was also the architect of Prince of Wales Museum. The building's...
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    complete 4-year programme was established in 1908 under Begg's assistant George Wittet. In 1917, architect Claude Batley became a visiting professor; he was...
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  • for the library. The foundation stone for the institute, designed by George Wittet, was laid in 1911. Completed in 1920, the building stands next to the...
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    the Institute of Science prior to 1996. The hall was built in 1911 by George Wittet and funded by Cowasji Jehangir. It is located in Colaba area of Mumbai...
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    Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, Charles Mant, Henry Irwin, William Emerson, George Wittet and Frederick Stevens, along with numerous other skilled professionals...
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    Wilson (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education George Wittet (1878–1926), architect working mostly in Bombay, India William Young...
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    Robert Fellowes Chisholm, Charles Mant, Henry Irwin, William Emerson, George Wittet and Frederick Stevens – a pioneer of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture...
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    Indian architectural features with European styles. Vincent Esch and George Wittet were pioneers in this style. The Victoria Memorial in Calcutta is the...
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    People Buried Name Date Who George Wittet 1926 Architect, designed the Gateway of India James Docherty 1926 Assistant Business Manager (Times of India)...
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  • and practice". TMTC is housed in a structure designed by architect George Wittet, on rambling grounds surrounded by leafy trees, lawns, pathways and...
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    The Indian Institute of Architects was established in Bombay with George Wittet as the first president. Frear Park opened in Troy, New York. The ballet...
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  • whereby the students received a Draftsman’s Certificate. Also in 1907, George Wittet, the Consulting Architect to the Government of Bombay tweaked the draftsman...
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    Wilson (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education George Wittet (1878–1926), architect working mostly in Bombay, India William Young...
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  • Webb (1821–1898) (Australia) Leslie Wilkinson (1882–1973) (Australia) George Wittet (1878–1926) (India) Charles Wyatt (1758–1813) (India) Architecture portal...
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    development by the Bombay Port Trust and was executed under a plan made by George Wittet, the chief architect of Bombay Port Trust between 1908 and 1914. After...
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    85-foot (26 m) high Gateway of India monument, designed by architect George Wittet, was inaugurated in Bombay (now Mumbai) in British India in a ceremony...
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  • he became Consulting Architect to the Government of India. He, with George Wittet, was responsible for the evolution of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture...
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  • States George Wittet, architect (died 1926 in Bombay) 26 January – Kirkpatrick Macmillan, inventor of the bicycle (born 1812) 19 February – George Paul...
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  • Cohen. Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, designed by George Wittet. Kumarakottam Temple, Kanchipuram, India rebuilt. Yosemite Lodge at...
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  • Alfred George Hastings White. Lately Librarian to the Royal Society. Alice Helena Alexandra Williams, Chairman of the Forum Club. John Wittet, JP For...
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    Paiste Cymblas and Axis Hardware". Modern Drummer Magazine (May 2001): 161 Wittet, T Bruce (2001). "25 years in the drum industry, looking back to see what...
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    faint". This was the beginning of the end. On 1 May Nash's solicitor John Wittet Lyon was summonsed to East Cowes Castle to finalise his will. By 6 May he...
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