Retired architect Norman Ledgerwood's book on the life and legacy of significant colonial architect R.A. Lawson, whose designs included Dunedin's Municipal Chambers, is being published this week, 111 years after Lawson's death. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Lawson: The man behind the name

First Church of Otago under construction in July, 1870. In the background is the manse, also designed by R.A. Lawson. Photo from John Salmond Heritage Collection/Hocken Collections, University of Otago. : Lawson: The man behind the name

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company Agency warehouse, Wharf St, Dunedin, is among dozens of buildings now known to be R.A. Lawson designs. Photo by Graham Warren. : Lawson: The man behind the name

The tower of R.A. Lawson's impressive Tudor-style Otago Boys High School building, on its prominent site overlooking Dunedin. Photo by Graham Warren. : Lawson: The man behind the name

Robert Arthur Lawson. : Lawson: The man behind the name

Patients watch a game of cricket at Seacliff Lunatic Asylum during the 1920s. The building, constructed on 'slumping' mudstone, was progressively demolished during the 1940s and 1950s. Photo from Alexander Turnbull Library. : Lawson: The man behind the name

Despite claims R.A. Lawson built Larnach's Castle to someone else's design, Norman Ledgerwood believes evidence points to a Lawson design influenced by constant interference from what 'must have been a very frustrating client'. Photo by Graham Warren. : Lawson: The man behind the name