Update on the Lutyens Trust Webinars
By Robin Prater
The more you look at the work of Edwin Lutyens, the more you will find. As we continue our series of webinars and lectures, our list of topics to explore grows faster than our list of completed events. Since the last newsletter, The Lutyens Trust America has produced webinars on Lindisfarne, Lutyens’s elevation designs, and Castle Drogo. National Trust officers Nick Lewis and Hugh Dixon overcame great internet challenges to explore the idea of whether Lindisfarne should be considered a castle, a fortress, a country home or wear all three titles. Architects Oliver Cope and Stuart Martin discussed Lutyens’s design of exterior elevations, looking at Tigbourne Court, Homewood, Middlefield and Gledstone Hall as case studies to frame their ideas. Giving our next topic a surprising twist, Anthony “Ankie” Barnes and Tom Kligerman used their perspective as architects to look at common bonds and architectural differences between Drogo by Lutyens and Biltmore House by Richard Morris Hunt.
Please let us know if you have suggestions for future topics. We’re looking forward to exploring aspects of Lutyens’s work in landscape and garden design. We’ll also continue to feature individual designs where possible. And we will be considering Lutyens in the context of other architects of his day. We owe a big thank you to our panellists for their time and enthusiasm. Thank you also to our audience. If you’ve missed any of our webinars and would like to catch up, you can find them on the LTA website at https://lutyenstrustamerica.com/about/webinars/ or on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Vq0ujQsr9jRF9fv9pRW8A/videos.