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Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect?

by Aslet, Clive

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As the first title in a new series from Triglyph Books, Clive Aslet has written a short biography of Sir Edwin Lutyens, among the greatest of British architects.

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolized a grieving nation's sense of loss. In the new capital of the British Raj, New Delhi, the Viceroy's House or Rashtrapati Bhavan had a footprint bigger than Versailles. His unfinished Liverpool Cathedral would have rivalled St Peter's in Rome.

Intensely shy, Lutyens hid his personality behind puns and jokes - and yet he could be called 'part mystic', a reference to an inner profundity. Rich in stories, this entertaining and stylish short biography is a major new study incorporating fresh research which shows this most charismatic of architects in a new light.

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  • Triglyph Books Brand
  • May 16, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 1739731433 ISBN-10:
  • 9781739731434 ISBN-13:
  • English Language
  • 256.0 pages Hardcover
  • 8.7 in * 1.05 in * 5.9 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: