Munstead Wood

Miss Jekyll’s Surrey Home 90 Years On

Host and Moderator(s): Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Clive Aslet, Annabel Watts

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... Read More

Hunt & Lutyens: Biltmore & Drogo

A Tale of Two Castles

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens & Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Anthony “Ankie” Barnes, Tom Kligerman

Perhaps an unexpected pairing, Biltmore and Castle Drogo share many common bonds — both built by the premier architect of the day in their respective countries, both built to secure the family... Read More

Lutyens’s Elevations

Evolutions and Revelations

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens & Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Oliver Cope, Stuart Martin

Four Lutyens’s houses – Tigbourne Court, Homewood, Middlefield, and Gledstone Hall — serve as a starting point for a discussion of common elements within Lutyens’s design of exterior elevations.

Lutyens and Lindisfarne

Castle, Fortress, or Country Home?

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens & Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Nick Lewis, Hugh Dixon

In January of 1908, Edward Hudson telegraphed Edwin Lutyens to let him know that he had gotten Lindisfarne Castle. The two then proceeded to transform Lindisfarne for use as a holiday home. Their... Read More

Thiepval: The Memorial to The Missing of the Somme

The Imperial War Graves Commission and Sir Edwin Lutyens

Host and Moderator(s): Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Jon Gedling, Martin Lutyens

Lutyens’s Memorial to the Missing of the Somme was designed to honor the thousands of men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died fighting in the Somme and who have no known grave.... Read More

Restrained Harmony

Edwin Lutyens’s Creation at Nashdom

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens & Robin Prater

Katy Simmons: “Nashdom, Our Home” Jun Huang: “Living With Light” Nashdom, designed in 1905 for the Prince and Princess Dogorouki as a place for entertaining, has shown great versatility over its... Read More

Homage to The Salutation

A Hidden Masterpiece

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens

Panelist(s): Stuart Martin, Robin Prater

The Salutation is one of Lutyens’s most masterful essays into Neo-Georgian design. Located in Sandwich, Kent, the seemingly simple and straightforward design holds a myriad of surprises and... Read More

Lutyens’s Architecture in New Delhi

Politics, Planning & Personality

Host and Moderator(s): Robin Prater

Panelist(s): Swapna Liddle, Grant Marani

Our speakers today represent the international interest evoked by the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Swapna Liddle is an author and historian with a specialization in the history of Delhi. Grant Marani... Read More

Lutyens’s Plan for New Delhi

Host and Moderator(s): Martin Lutyens & Robin Prater

Panelist(s): A.G. Krishna Menon, Dhiru Thadani

In 1912, Edwin Lutyens was asked to join what became the Delhi Planning Commision, charged with advising on the siting and layout of a new capital for India. Although Lutyens went on to design a... Read More