Friday 20 January 2012

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin


Very pleased to see that one of my favourite architects is getting an airing on BBC4 ‘Pugin: God’s own Architect’.

I’ve been interested in Pugin from the early 1970’s when he was little known and overshadowed by other more well known Victorian architects, happily he is now recognized as a major influence on British Architecture.

Architect and designer he lead a frantic life, producing plans for hundreds of churches and buildings including the Houses of Parliament (with Barry) and drawing thousands of designs for interior decoration, married 3 times and having 8 children - he was dead by the age of 40 !