Editing Augustus Pugin (section)

===Architectural commissions===
Following the [[Burning of Parliament|destruction by fire]] of the [[Palace of Westminster]] in Westminster, London, in 1834, Pugin was employed by Sir [[Charles Barry]] to supply interior designs for his entry to the architectural competition which would determine who would build the new Palace of Westminster. Pugin also supplied drawings for the entry of James Gillespie Graham. This followed a period of employment when Pugin had worked with Barry on the interior design of [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]]. Despite his conversion to Catholicism in 1834, Pugin designed and refurbished both Anglican and Catholic churches throughout England.

Other works include St. Chad's Cathedral, [[Erdington Abbey]], and [[Oscott College]], all in [[Birmingham]], England. He also designed the collegiate buildings of St Patrick and St Mary in [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]], [[Ireland]]; though not the collegiate chapel. His original plans included both a chapel and an ''aula maxima'' (great hall), neither of which were built because of financial constraints. The college chapel was designed by a follower of Pugin, the Irish architect [[James Joseph McCarthy]]. Also in Ireland, Pugin designed [[St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney]] (1842–45), [[St Aidan's Cathedral]] in [[Enniscorthy]] (renovated in 1996), and the Dominican Church of the Holy Cross in [[Tralee]].<ref>{{cite book |last=De Breffny |first=Brian |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia |url= |location=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson |page=201|isbn=}}</ref>  He revised the plans for [[St Michael's Church, Ballinasloe]], [[County Galway]], Ireland. Bishop [[William Wareing]] also invited Pugin to design what eventually became [[Northampton Cathedral]], a project that was completed in 1864 by one of Pugin's sons, Edward Welby Pugin.

Pugin visited [[Italy]] in 1847; his experience there confirmed his dislike of [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] and [[Baroque architecture]], but he found much to admire in the medieval art of northern Italy.[[File:JesusHardEWLastSupper.jpg|thumb|Detail of east window of [[Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge]], made by John [[Hardman & Co.]] to a design by Pugin (1848–1850)]]