Inigo Triggs

Henry Inigo Triggs ( born February 28, 1876 in Chiswick, † April 8, 1923 in Taormina ) was a British architect and garden designer. He specialized in the construction of country houses in the south of England and became the leading expert of his time in the history of formal garden in the UK.

Life

Triggs attended the Godolphin School. He studied at the Royal Academy in London. In 1907, he married Gladys Claire. During his work as an architect, he turned more and more to the garden design. He worked intensively with the formal (geometric) garden in the UK, one aspect of the British garden history, which until then had given the prevailing style of the English landscape garden little attention had been given.

Writings

• Some architectural works of Inigo Jones. A series of Measured drawings ... with descriptive notes ... (London 1901)
• Italy. Illustrated by seventy -three photographic plates ... and ... Numerous sketches taken from original surveys and plans Specially made ​​by the author, and twenty -eight plates from photographs by Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond (London 1906)
• Town planning, past, present and possible ... with 173 illustrations (London 1909)
• Formal gardens in England and Scotland ... A series of illustrations Mainly from old examples. With an introduction and descriptive accounts ... 3 parts (London 1902-1912 )
• Garden craft in Europe ( London 1913)