Under the powerful influence of John Ruskin and his disciple William Morris, the Arts and Crafts movement began in England during the 1880s as a response to industrialization. Although the architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) began his career in the midst of the movement, he is not often thought to be a key proponent of its embrace of rustic and vernacular sources for design—his late work in London and New Delhi makes him look like a classical architect. David Cole’s new book on some of Lutyens’s greatest houses makes a persuasive case to reconsider his Arts and Crafts leanings.
Cole, an Australian architect, has made it his hobby to document virtually every domestic commission attributed to Lutyens; judging by the heft of this massive tome, he has succeeded. Beautifully printed and produced, this monograph is reminiscent of the lavish art folios published during the mid-20th century by English, German, and Italian presses, sparing no expense on the production of color photographs.
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