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George Wittet (1878-1926) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in Mumbai, India. Biography. Wittet designed the Karachi Port Trust Building. George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1878. He studied architecture with a Mr. Heiton of Perth, Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh and York before moving to India.
- 1878
- Architect
- 1926 (aged 47–48)
Jan 2, 2022 · George Wittet, who left beautiful fingerprints across Mumbai Mumbai’s CSMVS completes 100 years in 2022. A look at the life and work of an important architect of the Raj who built this magnificent structure and nearly a hundred others all over the great metropolis
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The Gateway of India, Mumbai (or Bombay, as it was then), by George Wittet (1878-1926), Consulting Architect to the Government of Bombay. The foundation stone of this iconic and world-famous structure was laid in 1913, and the work on it was completed in 1927.
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Jun 5, 2023 · George Wittet was born in 1878 in Scotland and came to Bombay in 1904 as an assistant to John Begg, then Consulting Architect to the Bombay Government. George Wittet, original Bombay’s architect no. 1, was the designer of the city’s known public buildings and memorials.
cottish-born George Wittet (1878-1926) was a late but very important addition to the architects of the Raj who gave Mumbai some of its greatest buildings. He was articled in Perth in 1894 and in 1898 became an assistant to John More Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne in Edinburgh, later working with Walter Henry Brierley of York until he ...
Jan 29, 2023 · George Wittet was born in 1878 in Scotland and came to Bombay in 1904 as an assistant to John Begg, then Consulting Architect to the Bombay Government. George Wittet, original Bombay's architect no.1, was the designer of the city's known public buildings and memorials.
Jan 3, 2022 · George Wittet, who left beautiful fingerprints across Mumbai. The restored and refurbished Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) (erstwhile Prince of Wales Museum) will open this month as the building enters its centenary year.
