Edwin Lutyens
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, Edwin Landseer Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir Lutyens, Sir Lutyens, Edwin, Sir Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Edward Landseer Lutyens, Sir Edwin L. Lutyens
British architect (1869–1944)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Letters
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1906-07-09
- Active to
- 1983-04-14
Discography
- Aspiration / Children's Playtime1966
- Luytens: Suddenly It's Evening / Bedford: Music For Albion Moonlight1970
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)1993
- This Green Tide1995
- Love From a Stranger: Four British Film Scores2004
- British Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 42015
- Works for Piano & Orchestra2023
- Piano Works, Volume 32024
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.
· 1955 · cited 7,414x
- Regression Diagnostics
· 1980 · cited 6,512x
- The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism
· 2000 · cited 6,318x
- Cognition in the Wild
· 1995 · cited 6,247x
- Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
· 1993 · cited 5,520x
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Quotes
- “If one was told that monkeys had built it, one could only say, 'What wonderful monkeys — they must be shot in case they do it again.'”
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Key facts
- Born
- Edwin Landseer Lutyens , ( 1869-03-29 ) 29 March 1869, Kensington , London, England
- Died
- 1 January 1944 (1944-01-01) (aged 74), Marylebone , London, England
- Alma mater
- Royal College of Art
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1897 )
- Children
- 5, including Robert , Elisabeth and Mary
- Parents
- Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens Mary Theresa Gallwey
- Buildings
- Castle Drogo India Gate Thiepval Memorial 100 King Street The Cenotaph, Whitehall Lindisfarne Castle Rashtrapati Bhavan Hyderabad House
- Projects
- New Delhi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Royal College of Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Field of work
- architecture
- Image
- Edwin Lutyens.jpg
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- Edwin Lutyens
- date of birth
- 1869-01-01
- date of death
- 1944-01-01
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- Edwin Lutyens
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- Edwin Lutyens
- place of burial
- St Paul's Cathedral
- godparent
- Edwin Landseer
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- start of work period
- 1884-01-01
- end of work period
- 1944-01-01
Sources (6)
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Edwin Lutyens, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (/ˈlʌtjənz/ LUT-yənz; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials and public buildings. In his biography, the writer Christopher Hussey wrote, "In his lifetime (Lutyens) was widely held to be our greatest architect since Wren if not, as many maintained, his superior". The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described him as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth (or of any other) century".
Lutyens played an instrumental role in the construction of New Delhi, which would later on serve as the seat of the Government of India. In recognition of his contribution, a part of New Delhi is known as "Lutyens' Delhi". In collaboration with Sir Herbert Baker, he was also the main architect of several monuments in New Delhi such as the India Gate; he also designed the Viceroy's House, which is now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Many of his works were inspired by Indian architecture. He was elected Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1933.
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