imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
•Lutyens was born in Kensington,
London, the tenth of thirteen children of Captain Charles Henry Augustus Lutyens (1829–1915), a soldier and painter, and Mary Theresa Gallwey (1832/33–1906) from Killarney, Ireland. LUTYEN’S PRINCIPLES Lutyens' controlling sense of proportion and organizational principles eventually led him to explore the harmony, strength, and repose of classical design.
Characterized by a highly controlled
use of form and mass, apparent adherence to rules of Classical proportioning and the sparing use of symbolic Classical motifs.
Counter to the romantic, rambling
plans of his earlier houses, Lutyens increasingly began to incorporate a strong sense of balance, symmetry, and order in his designs. WORKS The bulk of Lutyens' early work consisted of private houses in an Arts and Crafts style, strongly influenced by Tudor architecture and the vernacular styles of south-east England. This was the most innovative phase of his career. Important works of this period include Munstead Wood, Tigbourne Court, Orchards and Goddards in Surrey, Deanery Garden and Folly Farm in Berkshire, Overstrand Hall in Norfolk and Le Bois des Moutiers in France. IRISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIALGARDEN • Designed by the great memorialist Sir Edwin Lutyens who had already landscaped designed several sites in Ireland and around Europe. • The sunken Garden of Remembrance surrounds a Stone of Remembrance of Irish granite symbolising an altar, which weighs seven and a half tons. • The dimensions of this are identical to First World War memorials found throughout the world, and is aligned with the Great Cross of Sacrifice and central avenue. • The sunken Garden of Remembrance surrounds a Stone of Remembrance of Irish granite symbolising an altar, which weighs seven and a half tons MAJOR WORKS
IRISH NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM GARDEN DESIGN OF NEW DELHI