. Lutyens houses and gardens . n the outlined effect ofgothic even in its quieter domestic shapes, when comparedwith the broad quietude of Wren and his followers. Steven-son, without any particular knowledge of the art of building,was swift to appreciate its power of expression. It wasperhaps the unconscious sense that the desire for mentalshapeliness was represented by quiet staid shapely houses that endeared them to Stevenson, as much as the moreobvious expression which they gave to urbanity and orderlyprosperity. For good or ill, the days of crypts and trap-doors are gone. Buildings that ar
. Lutyens houses and gardens . n the outlined effect ofgothic even in its quieter domestic shapes, when comparedwith the broad quietude of Wren and his followers. Steven-son, without any particular knowledge of the art of building,was swift to appreciate its power of expression. It wasperhaps the unconscious sense that the desire for mentalshapeliness was represented by quiet staid shapely houses that endeared them to Stevenson, as much as the moreobvious expression which they gave to urbanity and orderlyprosperity. For good or ill, the days of crypts and trap-doors are gone. Buildings that are bedevilled andfurtive represent no very real or enduring emotions we have arrived at another eighteenth century in ourdomestic architecture, it is because it is the natural placefor us. It may not be inappropriate, however, to sound a noteof warning. The demure and balanced idea in house designslides with deplorable facility into timidity and it maintains a definite vitality by sheer effort of art. 6.—Plans of the Right Hon. Reginald McKennas House in South Square, B i8 Town Houses and mind, repose will have been secured at too heavy aprice. Some of the Lutyens town houses in Westminster goperilously near dulness, and are saved only by a Tightnessof proportion which has no support from any other qualitiessave pleasant colour and texture. The plans of the RightHon. Reginald McKennas house (Fig. 6) show what afresh mind Sir Edwin brings to so restricted a problem as
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