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SIR EDWIN ('NED') LUTYENS
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Lutyens was born in London in 1869. He became a pupil of Ernest
George in 1887 and studied with him until he established his own
practice. At the time he established his practice, he met Gertrude
Jekyll who eventually collaborated on the landscape portion of many
of his commissions. At the beginning of his career, Lutyens also
married Emily, sister of Victor, 2nd Earl of Lytton. 
utyens
designed his early houses in the informal manner of the 'English
Free School'. The houses utilized historic references within a local
context both in terms of materials and building traditions.
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1906, Lutyens designed a building for Heathcote near Ilkley that
emerged as a fully developed Baroque design and which marked a decisive
transition from his earlier works. Although Lutyens had no background
in classical Baroque architecture, the building showed an immediate
mastery of the classical language of architecture. 