Pugin

American

[pyoo-jin] / ˈpju dʒɪn /

noun

Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
his son Augustus Welby Northmore 1812–52, English architect and designer.

Pugin British

/ ˈpjuːdʒɪn /

noun

Augustus ( Welby Northmore ). 1812–52, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. He collaborated with Sir Charles Barry on the Palace of Westminster (begun 1836)

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Pugin argued that the very nature of being an accessory after the fact means there was no legal proceeding at the time to be obstructed.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Stained glass windows designed by Augustus Pugin had to be covered to block out light visible to German bombers.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2021

Five hundred years later, the gothic revivalist architect Augustus Pugin fainted when he first encountered Notre Dame, so overwhelmed was he by its beauty.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019

The wallpaper in the Jubilee Room was designed by a bloke who died in 1852 - Augustus Pugin.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2019

In the neighbourhood is the Trappist abbey of Mount St Bernard, founded in 1835, possessing a large domain, with buildings completed from the designs of A. W. Pugin in 1844.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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