Background
Shoosmith was born in 1888 in Street St. Petersburg, Russia and grew up in Russia and Finland.
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Arthur Shoosmith
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He was educated in England before attending the Royal Academy Schools in 1911.
Career
He took up work as the representative in India of Sir Edwin Lutyens where, until 1931, he supervised the construction of the Viceroy"s House in New Delhi. Operating from Lutyen"s New Delhi office, Shoosmith then designed Street Martin"s Garrison Church in Delhi, now described as a "real highlight" and "one of the finest buildings of the twentieth century". The church was built using three-and-a-half million red bricks but very modern for its time, square and almost windowless.
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Shoosmith"s other building which he designed himself was the Lady Hardinge Serai, a guesthouse in Delhi, completed in 1931. He returned to England in 1931, where he spent the remainder of his career in teaching, before retiring in 1957.
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The soldiers claimed it was like a fortress, excellent to defend in an emergency.
