![]() ![]() Hudson was a great admirer of Lutyens' style and commissioned Lutyens for a number of projects, including Lindisfarne Castle and the Country Life headquarters building in London, at 8 Tavistock Street. Lutyens' fame grew largely through the popularity of the new lifestyle magazine Country Life created by Edward Hudson, which featured many of his house designs. This "natural" style was to define the "English garden" until modern times. This combined style, of the formal with the informal, exemplified by brick paths, herbaceous borders, and with plants such as lilies, lupins, delphiniums and lavender, was in contrast to the formal bedding schemes favoured by the previous generation in the 19th century. The "Lutyens-Jekyll" garden had hardy shrubbery and herbaceous plantings within a structural architecture of stairs and balustraded terraces. Many of his works were inspired by Indian architecture. In collaboration with Sir Herbert Baker, he was also the main architect of several monuments in New Delhi such as the India Gate he also designed Viceroy's House, which is now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In recognition of his contribution, New Delhi is also known as "Lutyens' Delhi". ![]() Lutyens played an instrumental role in designing and building New Delhi, which would later on serve as the seat of the Government of India. The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described him as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth (or of any other) century". In his biography, the writer Christopher Hussey wrote, "In his lifetime (Lutyens) was widely held to be our greatest architect since Wren if not, as many maintained, his superior". He designed many English country houses, war memorials and public buildings. Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM KCIE PRA FRIBA ( LUT-yənz 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
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