The Lotus Temple in New Delhi, a Bahai House of Worship shaped like a half-open lotus, was designed by:
- A.Fariborz Sahba
- B.Charles Correa
- C.Laurie Baker
- D.Raj Rewal
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Fariborz Sahba. The Iranian-Canadian architect designed the temple, completed in 1986, as a flower of twenty-seven marble petals arranged in groups of three, surrounded by nine pools, and it has become one of the most visited buildings in the country. Option B is wrong because Charles Correa designed the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, the Kanchanjunga Apartments in Mumbai and the Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya at Sabarmati. Option C is wrong because Laurie Baker worked mainly in Kerala on low-cost brick buildings, a very different idiom. Option D is wrong because Raj Rewal designed the Hall of Nations at Pragati Maidan and the Asian Games Village. Examiners like this question because the building is familiar but its architect is not. The temple is also cited in questions on religious architecture of independent India, beside the Akshardham temple of Delhi.
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