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Claude Batley

1879 – 1956

British architect

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Lived 1879 – 1956 (aged 76). Claude Batley was an Indian architect.

Claude Batley F.R.I.B.A., F.I.A.A., (17 October 1879 in Ipswich – 20 March 1956, Bombay) was an English architect who as practitioner, teacher and President of the Indian Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1923, played an influential role in development of modern architecture in India in the first half of the 20th century.

Career Born in Ipswich in 1879 and educated at Ipswich School, Batley served his articles locally and in London leaving for India in 1913. In Bombay he started a successful independent architectural practice in 1917 with partners Gregson and King, a firm of architects which is still extant under the name of Gregson, Batley and King.

Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana (1917); Lincoln House (1933), previously Wankaner House, Breach Candy; Bombay Central Station (1930); Dariya Mahal, residence of Maharaja of Cutch (1930), South Court (1936), residence of Mohamed Ali Jinnah; Round Building (1937); Cusrow Baug in Colaba Causeway (1937–59) and its Agiary, known as The Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary (1938); Bombay Club (1939) later Hotel Nataraj and now Inter-Continental Mumbai, Lalbhai House (1942) and Breach Candy Hospital (1950). Jinnah House Breach Candy Hospital

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Ipswich School

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Who was Claude Batley?

British architect

When was Claude Batley born?

Claude Batley was born on 17 October 1879 in Ipswich.

When did Claude Batley die?

Claude Batley died on 20 March 1956.

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Claude Batley was an architect.

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Claude Batley was Indian.

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· Wikidata: Q5128708

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