Vijali Ghar, also known as Electricity House, is an office building on Relief Road,

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, India. It is an

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building designed by

Claude Batley 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 ro ...

History

Vijali Ghar was built in 1938. The building was a headquarters of the Ahmedabad Electricity Company. It now houses the office of

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, which distributes electricity in the city.

Architecture

Vijali Ghar is an

building designed by

. The plain

façade A façade or facade (; ) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French language, French (), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important asp ...

of the building follows the curve of the road, highlighted by horizontal lines. The main block is separated from the attic by a concrete ''

chhajja A ''chhajja'' is an overhanging eave or roof covering found in Indian architecture. It is characterised with large support brackets with different artistic designs. Variation is also seen in its size depending on the importance of the building on ...

''. It was built with

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete or ferro-concrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ...

. It also used tubular pipes for rails.

Gallery

File:Ahmedabad-VijaliGhar.jpg, Vijali Ghar located at the crossroads File:Electricity House,Laldarwaja.JPG, Corner of the building File:Electricity House Ahmedabad.jpg, Gujarati lettering File:Electricity House Ahmedabad 2.jpg, English lettering

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{{Ahmedabad topics Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad British colonial architecture in India Art Deco architecture in India Buildings and structures completed in 1938

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