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Edwin Lutyens
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thumb|Edwin Lutyens in 1921
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was a British architect best known for having an instrumental role in designing and building New Delhi.
Quotes
If one was told that monkeys had built it, one could only say, 'What wonderful monkeys — they must be shot in case they do it again.'
1912, on seeing the British government buildings of Shimla, in a letter to his wife. Published in The letters of Edwin Lutyens to his wife Lady Emily (1985) by Clayre Percy and Jane Ridley. p. 245.
External links
The Lutyens Trust
Category:1869 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:Academics from England
Category:Architects from England
Category:People from London