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Between traditions : the villa and the country house

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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by Alexander RolloAlexander Rollo
Sir Leslie Martin wrote in 1983, “The formal composition used by Lutyens is something totally related to the problems and culture of his time”. to reinforce this point Martin included a plan of Heathcote (1905) next to an illustration of one of Palladio’s final commissions, the Villa Rotonda (1566). Comparing the planning and symmetry strategies of the two architects, Martin was able to demonstrate how Heathcote embodied an eclectic yet fundamental link between two traditions - the irregularity of an Edwardian planning arrangement, and its containment within the symmetry demanded by the “full classical orchestra of a Doric order” (Hussey, 1950 p128). “Once inside the balanced mass of the exterior, the visitor’s movement through the building is controlled by volumes and composition of a totally different kind” 1. While Palladio appears to have been a significant influence on Lutyens, as revealed in the often quoted letter about the “High Game” which he wrote to Herbert Baker in 1903, few studies appear to explore the extent to which his newfound inspiration went beyond the issue of fenestration in affecting other aspects of his work. The following paper analyses Lutyens’s relationship to Palladio with particular reference to three concepts fundamental to the work of
both architects: proportion, plan arrangement and movement.

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Event

SAHANZ Conference (25th : 2008 : Geelong, Vic.)

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1 - 29

Publisher

Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand

Location

Geelong, Australia

Place of publication

[Geelong, Vic.]

Start date

2008-07-03

End date

2008-07-06

ISBN-13

9780958192545

Language

eng

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E1 Full written paper - refereed

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2008, SAHANZ

Editor/Contributor(s)

D Beynon, U de Jong

Title of proceedings

SAHANZ 2008 : History in practice : 25th International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand

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