Webinars

Lutyens's design work in India is often described as Indo-Saracenic. This webinar discusses the origins of that movement in architecture and how Lutyens's architectural designs in India differed from the work of other British architects working in India prior to him.

Katherine and Caroline share some of their insights into the decorative and architectural details uncovered during their research on the house and gardens after the acquisition of Munstead Wood by the National Trust in the UK.

This exploration of the often-overlooked service areas of Lutyens’s residential designs comes out of the insights gained by William Clarke during his travels and research as the 2023 Lutyens Traveling Fellowship winner — illustrated with his photographs, sketches, watercolors, and plans. We are grateful to those that helped William during his trip.

The Australian National Memoria at Villers Bretonneux, France honors the Australian soldiers that found and died in France and Belgium during the First World War.  Villers Bretonneux was the site of a decision battlefield engagement between Australian and British Divisions fighting against the German advance on Amiens.

Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll combined their talents to produce a unique and beautiful ensemble of gardens at Hestercombe. In this webinar, Claire Greenslade, head gardener at Hestercombe and Tim Martin, Arts Director at Hestercombe look at the results of this collaboration —  considered as a work of art.

(British Medical Association Building)

The British Medical Association Building was originally designed by Edwin Lutyens as the Headquarters for the Theosophical Society. The completion of the building was interrupted by the First World War. Afterwards the building was abandoned before being bought by the British Medical Association, who then made changes and additions.

This webinar traces the history of BMA House along with the experiences of three students of the Royal College of Art and their professor as they found innovative ways to engage with the building and share their experiences.

A look at how Lutyens developed his architectural practice to support the design of over 800 works. What did he have to overcome? How did he structure his office? How did he attract clients? What risks did he take?

When Edwin Lutyens first came to Great Dixter, he found a fifteenth-century house – the property of Nathaniel Lloyd – that had been greatly changed over time. His commission was to bring the house back to life. In addition to restoring the original house, architect and owner found and re-erected an early sixteenth century hall house on the property – joining both pieces with a Lutyens’s addition providing domestic quarters for the house. Over the years, the interplay of the garden and the house at Great Dixter have become world-renown.

The Irish National War Memorial commemorates the 49,400 Irish men who lost their lives during the First World War. This last of Lutyens’s war memorials to be built has a unique history and shows the benefits of the development of his ideas during his work with the War Graves Commission.

Visit Munstead Wood, one of Edwin Lutyens’s most iconic early Arts and Crafts houses. Designed as the home of Gertrude Jekyll, Munstead Wood illustrates the ways in which the pair worked together to integrate house and garden seamlessly.