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Sir Edwin Lutyens PRA

The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

10 Mar 2008
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Cenotaph
Cenotaph by Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens’s London projects range from the great barn-like churches of Hampstead Garden Suburb to commercial buildings, such as the ‘Wrenaissance’ headquarters for Country Life in Covent Garden, or the Baroque grandeur of Britannic House on Finsbury Circus. After World War I he was involved in the creation of monuments to commemorate the fallen, including the powerful and moving Cenotaph in Whitehall and the Tower Hill memorial. Margaret Richardson, Honorary Curator of Architecture at the Royal Academy, discusses how Lutyens’s work imaginatively adapted traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his time.

Geological Society Lecture Theatre, Piccadilly, W1; 6.30–7.30pm

 

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View of the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght. Joan Miró, 'Personnage', 1970. Takis, 'Signal Eolien (sphères)', 2005 / Collection Fondation Takis-KETE. Alexander Calder, 'Les renforts', 1963. Photo: Jean-Jacques L'Héritier. © Archives Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul (France)

 

Unknown artist, Incense burner in the shape of a church, 10th–11th century. Silver partially gilded, 36 cm. Procuratoria di San Marco, Venezia. Photo per gentile concessione della Procuratoria di San Marco/Cameraphoto Arte, Venice