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'''Claude Batley''' F.R.I.B.A., F.I.A.A., (17 October 1879 in [[Ipswich]] &ndash; 20 March 1956, [[Mumbai|Bombay]]) was an [[England|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. <br />
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==Career==<br />
Born in [[Ipswich]] in 1879 and educated at [[Ipswich School]], Batley served his articles locally and in London leaving for [[India]] in 1913. In [[Mumbai|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. <br />
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Among his works are the [[Bombay Gymkhana]] (1917); [[Lincoln House (Mumbai)|Lincoln House]] (1933), previously Wankaner House, [[Breach Candy]]; [[Bombay Central]] Station (1930); Dariya Mahal, residence of [[Khengarji III|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).<br />
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He became a visiting professor in the [[J. J. School of Art]] in the year 1914, and its principal in the year 1923. He held this post for a period of 20 years, during which he took his students on trips all over the country making measure drawings of buildings of architectural significance. He spent a lot of time in research and documented [[Jaipur]]'s architecture. He was the president of the "Bombay Architectural Association" (now merged into The [[Indian Institute of Architects]]) from 1925 to 1926. <br />
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He died 1956 in one of the buildings he had designed—The Bombay Club.<br />
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== Buildings ==<br />
* Gymkhana Bambai in 1917<br />
* Lincoln House Mumbai 1933<br />
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* [[Ahmedabad Town Hall]]<br />
* [[M. J. Library]]<br />
* [[Vijali Ghar]]<br />
* [[Jinnah House]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/claude-batley.html Claude Batley: Mumbai/Bombay pages]<br />
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