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Stables at Crooksbury
Photo by Michael Imber
Goddards
Photo courtesy of Andrew Barnett,
Lutyens Trust, UK
Castle Drogo
Photo courtesy of Lutyens Trust, UK
ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE 2026 LUTYENS TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP!
CONGRATULATIONS TO SEBASTIAN VANDERBECK
Sebastian VanDerbeck is an architectural designer at Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, a high-end residential architecture firm in New York. He earned both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Architecture, with a concentration in Classical Architecture and Urbanism, from The Catholic University of America. Sebastian is an active member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) and currently serves on The Catholic University of America’s School of Architecture and Allied Arts Council of Emerging Leaders. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.
The Lutyens Traveling Fellowship was founded by The Lutyens Trust America to promote the appreciation and knowledge of the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens by funding a period of individual travel and research on his work and legacy. The Lutyens Traveling Fellowship provides a $7,000 award for emerging professionals in architecture, art history, interior design, historic preservation, or the decorative arts.
We would like to express our appreciation to Gary and Margaret Bergstrom for their sponsorship of this year’s Lutyens Traveling Fellowship.
We would like to thank all the applicants that applied for this fourth annual fellowship. The Lutyens Traveling Fellowship Jury was impressed by the level of interest and the quality of the submissions. The variety, complexity, and depth of ideas aptly demonstrated the value of continuing to study and learn from Sir Edwin Lutyens’s body of work.
After much discussion and deliberation, the jurors were able to narrow down the applicants to three highly qualified finalists that deserve special recognition: Spicer Emge, Tong Guam, and Sebastian VanDerbeck.
Upcoming Events:
Upcoming Webinar
Lutyens and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Buildings
Hosts: Marco Lutyens & Robin Prater
Special Guest: Trace Chitwood, 2025 Lutyens Traveling Fellowship Winner
Date: Thursday, May 14th
Time: 12:00 PM EDT
(9:00 PDT, 10:00 MDT, 11:00 CDT, 5:00 PM BST)
(9:00 PDT, 10:00 MDT, 11:00 CDT, 5:00 PM BST)
You’re invited! Visit Lutyens’s work in the beautiful county of Kent in southeast England.
For registration details, click on the button below.
Autumn 2026 Tour
Kent – the “Garden of England” is renowned not only for its beautiful countryside of woodlands, orchards, and rolling downs of chalk, but also for moated manors, beautiful treasure houses, and world-famous English gardens.
As someone who grew up in nearby Surrey, another county of gentle hills, streams, scattered villages and market towns, Lutyens responded to Kent’s landscape with great sympathy and insight inspiring some of his most creative and beautiful designs. The county of Kent was also the birthplace of Herbert Baker who throughout his lifetime took inspiration from the distinctive topography and building styles of Kent.
We look forward to seeing you in Kent!
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
2026 Lutyens Traveling Fellowship
Photo: 2024 Fellow Paul Knight
Application Deadline: March 12, 2026
To promote the appreciation and knowledge of the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens by funding a period of individual travel and research on his work and legacy.
The Lutyens Traveling Fellowship provides a $7,000 award for emerging professionals in architecture, art history, interior design, historic preservation, or the decorative arts. Fellows will execute a travel program oriented towards academic research related to any aspect of the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Submission Requirements:
- Research proposal with up to (5) sheets supporting the area of study
- Completion of the program application available at https://lutyenstrustamerica.com/
- Two letters of recommendation
- Curriculum Vitae and proof of graduation from a qualified academic program
Recorded Webinar
Lutyens at Étaples: Architecture of Remembrance beside the Great War’s Largest Battlefield Hospital
What We Do
The Lutyens Trust America is an organization formed to promote the appreciation and knowledge of the work of the British architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens OM (1869-1944). Considered one of the most remarkable architects in British history, Sir Edwin Lutyens left behind a rare architectural legacy that included a rich variety of form and style. Among his over 800 commissions, Lutyens designed many beautiful country houses, public buildings, bridges, and war memorials in Britain. His prolific work abroad includes designs such as Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Thiepval Arch on the Somme in France, and the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., as well as many other distinguished buildings.
The wit and finesse of Lutyens’s architecture continues to be a source of inspiration and delight to architects and those interested in architecture, making his built work, memorials, drawings, and letters worthy of preservation and study, not just in Britain but also in the United States. As an educational organization, The Lutyens Trust America focuses on enhancing appreciation of, and on providing opportunities for the study and conservation of Sir Edwin Lutyens’s work. Events for The Lutyens Trust America will include tours of Lutyens-related sites, lectures, and the support of ongoing preservation efforts related to Lutyens’s legacy of architectural design. One of our aims is to inspire new generations of architects and designers to revisit Lutyens’s work as an inspiration for their own creative paths.
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