24 September 2015, The Tablet

Our own correspondent

by Timothy Brittain-Catlin

 
The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin Volume 5: 1851-1852EDITED BY MARGARET BELCHER This fifth and final edited volume of the correspondence of the architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin marks the conclusion of one of the most important projects ever undertaken in both architectural and British Catholic scholarship. For those who have not encountered it before, a few reminders are necessary. First, Pugin had a greater impact on the architects of his generation and those that came after than any other British individual, and the architectural world of today is still in his shadow; he was the only architect-theorist of international importance that we have ever had and yet until recently little was known about his work. I’ll conclude this review with a single instance that will sh
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