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  • ORIGINAL PUGIN DRAWINGS AT IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE

    An exhibition of original drawings by A.W.N. Pugin marking the bicentenary of the birth of the hugely influential Victorian architect is at the Irish Architectural Archive from March 2 to May 4.  More than anyone else he was responsible for the adoption of the Gothic Revival style which transformed the architecture of Britain and Ireland.

    Pugin is best remembered as one of the designers of the Palace of Westminster – Big Ben in particular.  His Irish buildings, including the Co. Wexford churches at Gorey, Tagoat and Barntown and the Cathedrals at Enniscorthy and Killarney, and the great seminary at Maynooth, are among his best.  Pugin visited Nuremberg in Germany in 1834 and returned in 1837.  Some sketches of interiors and decorations of Nuremberg’s churches from the second visit survive in the Irish Architectural Archive.  They are being presented in public for the first time.  The exhibition at Architectural Gallery, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays to Fridays.

    Pugin. Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, France (Irish Architectural Archive). (Click on image to enlarge).

    Pugin sketch. Chandelier. Church of St Lawrence, Nuremberg (Irish Architectural Archive). (Click on image to enlarge).

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