The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens (3 Volume Set) by A. S. Butler, Edwin L...

The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens (3 Volume Set) by A. S. Butler, Edwin Lutyens This book is USED (not new) Condition: Very Good - Format: Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd : , 1984, ISBN: 0907462723 / 0907462723 Dimensions: 42.0cm x 32.0cm, pages SKU: 5189c - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: Edwin Lutyens was born in 1869, one of a talented family of fourteen. Ill health forced him to be educated privately. He spent only six months studying architecture at the Royal College of Art before joining the practice of George and Peto. At the age of twenty he started his own practice. Lutyens' career lasted fifty years in a time when Britain was at the height of its prosperity. He died in 1944. These three memorial volumes, compiled from the thousands of drawings found in Lutyens' office, embody the quintessence of the man and his work. Contained within are Lutyens' own plans, elevations and copious details of the finest examples of his architecture. (Vol I) 61pp., 110 plates, 271 photographs; (Vol II) 52pp.,121 plates, 277 photographs; (Vol III) 59pp., 107 plates, 173 photographs : each volume with photographic frontispiece and pale green eps : green boards lettered in gilt to spine : light green dust wrappers illustrated with images of buildings to the front and architectural plans to rear. NB This is an oversized and extremely heavy item (12.68kg) and will require extra postage. No. 303 of 1500. Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM KCIE PRA FRIBA (1869 - 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, and stands alongside Christopher Wren as one of England's greatest architects. Lutyens' prolific output was first edited and published a decade after his...