Born 29 March 1869. Lutyens got his formal architectural education at the Kensington School of Art, London (he did not finish the course) and in the office of Ernest George and Harold Peto (1887-1889). He set up his own practice in 1889 in London. During the 1890s and the 1900s, Lutyens collaborated with Gertrude Jekyll, artist, gardener and craftswoman, on the gardens of most of his houses. In 1910 and 1911, he was active in Johannesburg (South Africa) where he designed The Art Gallery (1910-1941; the building was never finished) and the Rand Regiments Memorial (1911). Appointed in 1912, with Herbert Baker, architect to the Delhi Planning Commission in New Delhi, India. In 1917, Lutyens was appointed one of the Principal Architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission, with Reginald Blomfield, Herbert Baker and C.R. Holden . Knighted in 1918 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1942. Awarded the gold medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1921 as well as the medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1924. Was master of the Art-Workers' Guild in 1933 and president of the Royal Academy from 1938 until his death in 1944. British architect.
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