Pugin
Americannoun
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Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
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his son Augustus Welby Northmore 1812–52, English architect and designer.
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One involved Jean Francois Pugin, a citizen of Mauritius who was here as a legal permanent resident but wound up with a conviction for accessory after the fact to a felony.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Advised by historical experts, he selected furniture, fittings and wallpaper designed by Augustus Pugin.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021
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
Pugin could not resist depicting many of these delightful old houses of Lisieux in his book on Normandy, though, unlike Ruskin, he had no eye for its cathedral; most of us will not have.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
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