The Pugin Foundation
Welcome to the Pugin Foundation's website.
We hope that you will enjoy the information and imagery presented herein. Do check the site from time to time, as we are frequently adding to its content. See what's new at the bottom of this column.
Pugin
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852) is widely regarded as England’s most influential early-Victorian architect, designer and theorist. His works, most notably his writings, were of seminal significance in the development of nineteenth-century architecture, furniture and the decorative arts.
A man of inexhaustible creative genius, Pugin was driven by a vision for a better, more just English society. In a mature professional life of little more than a decade and a half he created countless thousands of superbly beautiful designs for buildings, furniture, stained glass, carved stonework, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, textiles, wallpaper, flat decoration and book illustrations.
Pugin's prolific output has resulted in a heritage of international significance in Britain, Ireland and Australia. The Pugin Foundation is concerned with his Australian works.
As part of our commitment to making Pugin's Australian heritage better known and more fully understood in its wider context, this site also includes material on his English and Irish works.
What's New
9 March 2012 Pugin Bi-centenary celebrations reports. Click here.
30 december 2011. Pugin Bi-centenary celebrations concert and recital programs online. Click here.
28 September 2011. Essay on Pugin's 1847 crucifix figures. Click here.
