Art, Architecture and Design
Lucinda Lambton
Palaces for Pigs: Animal Architecture and Other Beastly Buildings
9:30am | Friday 14 September 2012Tickets: | Duration: | Venue: |
£N/A | 1 Hour | Blenheim Palace: The Indian Room |
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Buildings for animals are much more than a funny novelty, says writer, photographer and broadcaster Lady Lucinda Lambton. The British passion for architecture and animals has led to some extravagant creations over the centuries. In Palaces for Pigs, Lambton tells the stories behind castles for animals from goats and guinea pigs to deer, dogs, cows and bees. She tells of a Grecian temple built for pigs in Yorkshire, of a red sandstone elephant with a castle on its back built for bees in Cheshire and of a Gothic-arched cattle shelter topped with a pinnacled dovecote built in Rutland. It is also a story of famous architects such as William Kent, Sir John Sloane ,John Nash and Capability Brown. All this is lavishly illustrated with Lambton’s own photographs.
Lambton has worked on dozens of films for the BBC and ITV and written and taken photographs for many books. Her works include Temples of Convenience, a history of the lavatory, An Album of Curious Houses, and Lucinda Lambton’s A-Z of Britain, which accompanied a 26-part TV series for the BBC.
The price for this event includes coffee/tea and cakes.