Sir Edwin Lutyens and Country Life, with Clive Aslet
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Published 2024-01-05
Clive’s lecture coincides with the re-publication of the long-out-of-print Lutyens Memorial Volumes, the definitive collection of the architect’s plans, elevations and working drawings. The original series was long sought-after by architects and enthusiasts and soon became hard to find, but now has been re-published for a new generation who wish to study Lutyens’ work and influence. The first two volumes are now available at classicist.org/books, and the third volume will be released in Spring 2024.
This program is presented by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA), a nonprofit educational organization committed to promoting and preserving the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design. To see more educational videos and courses like this one, or if you are interested in attending our classes or becoming a member, visit www.classicist.org .
About the Speaker:
Clive Aslet is an award-winning architectural historian and journalist, acknowledged as a leading authority on Britain and its way of life. He has published around twenty non-fiction titles, including The Last Country Houses and The American Country House. Clive was editor of the magazine Country Life for 13 years and continues to contribute to newspapers and magazines, as well as broadcasting on radio and television.
Sponsors:
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art is pleased to thank the following sponsors of the Lutyens Memorial Series:
Current and former Chairs of the National Board:
Russell Windham, Mark Ferguson, Peter Pennoyer, Anne Fairfax, and Gil Schafer III
Supporters:
Anthony “Ankie” Barnes, Curtis & Windham Architects, Matthew Enquist, Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Jared D. Goss, Kirk Henckels, Kligerman Architecture & Design, Karen and Liam Krehbiel, Anne Kriken Mann, John P. Margolis, AIA, Mark Hampton LLC, Oliver Cope Architect, LLC, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Suzanne R. Santry, Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker Architects LLC, Seth J. Weine, Bunny Williams, and Paul Brant Williger
Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings
All Comments (21)
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Clive, I must say that the suggestion of this video came as a surprise, as this type of topic is very specific, but I couldn´t be more pleased. Your diction, variation of tempo and tone and of course content are fascinating and kept me hooked. What a treat! Like most people, obtaining information about a period you know little or nothing about seems pretty shallow on its own, but your inclusion of facts or details about history, art movements, family, personality, etc. puts everything into a context one ́s imagination helps visualize in such a way that one can sense the whole exerience, almost as if one were there. I almost instantly subscribed, having immediately recognized your beyond out of the ordinary talents. Forgive the exuberance, but as a Canadian born Spaniard, I am compelled to express myself in such a way. THANK YOU!!!!
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Excellent . Thoroughly enjoyed this . Enjoyable , entertaining , and educational . A delight for the senses .
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Wonderful and fascinating. Thank you for this extraordinary history of 2 amazing men.
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Went to castle Drogo 34 years ago (actually on my honeymoon when we did a tour of the West country) that was where I first learned of Lutyens and fell in love with his architecture.
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Speaking as a commenter with a slightly longer attention-span than 15 seconds. I loved this.
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Fascinating perfecty commentated exposition of Lutyens' life and work. I subscribed to this channel on the strength of it.
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Very enjoyable and informative, thanks very much! Deanery House is really very beautiful
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Wonderful presentation. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for this all too brief insight of a fascinating life. It would be inaccurate to say Lutyens is my favourite architect, as I have little knowledge of any others' work to compare. But I find his particular style stunning, (both private commissions and civic projects), and it has always left me keen to learn more about his life and work.
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just checked... right about the bench..most beautiful bench I've ever seen...very lyrical... truly an icon..
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Thanks for educating me 😊👍👍 I love older architecture Elizabethan, Tudor, Baroque, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture indeed 😊
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Very interesting, thank you so much. Just one note to emphasize that Jekyl designed the gardens at Munstead Wood, in fact, she owned the property for several years before commissioning the house and began establishing the gardens around the empty site where she wanted to build her house. By the time the house was completed it sat within an existing garden, as if it had been there for years. I believe Lutyens was only responsible for the formal bits at the entrance. It’s great news that the National Trust has recently acquired Munstead Wood.
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I worked in that building in 1965 as a studio assistant in one of the three photographic studios in the basement. I recall the editors office and it looked the same as in your photo.
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The carved limestone fruit and shot birds draining are very Griddling Gibbons. He also designed some lovely buildings in South Africa and the British Embassy in USA.
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What an amazing discussion!!
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As an American and lifelong Anglophile, I'm only at Timestamp 11, but finding this fascinating. Only knew the Lutyens name through the bench I believe he designed, could be wrong about that, but you give such an indepth and human aspect into the lives of people we only "know" through very small snapshots... looking forward to the next 41 minutes.. ;)
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Thank You. Absolutely smashing and thoroughly interesting.
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Nice documentary, thanks. I used to live in Otford Kent, where the vicar in the 1920's was I believe a Brother of Lutyens. As a favour to the vicar, the great man designed the Village Hall. Take a look at it, and you will see it is a cut above other humble buildings of its type.
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Wonderful, thanx for sharing ❤❤❤
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Very enjoyable, thank you.
