Pugin

[ pyoo-jin ]

noun

1. Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
2. his son Au·gus·tus Wel·by North·more [aw-, guhs, -t, uh, s , wel, -bee , nawrth, -mawr], 1812–52, English architect and designer.

Pugin

/ ˈpjuːdʒɪn /

noun

1. PuginAugustus (Welby Northmore)18121852MBritishARCHITECTURE: architect 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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Mr. Pugin does not seem in his books to recognise the particular principle which we have enunciated.

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The controversy raged for a time, but without substantiating Pugin's claim.

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Again, in the opening lines, the allusion to Augustus Welby Pugin, the genius of ecclesiastical architecture of the last century.

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Adams, during the fortnight that followed his visit to Pugin, had this fact borne in on him.

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They were considered by Pugin to be the finest examples in the kingdom.

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