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John Nash: London Group
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John Nashinal (aka John Nash) has been an integral part of Detroit's music scene since the mid-'90s. He's been a member of several bands, including a heavy psych-garage band, the Witches; an electro-psych group, Medusa Cyclone; and an alt-country band, the Volebeats (he replaced rhythm guitarist Bob McReedy in 2001). As a behind-the-scenes player... he has contributed to various one-off musical projects by some of Detroit's leading figures, including various projects with friends like musician/producer Matthew Smith (Outrageous Cherry) and Troy Gregory (his band backed up Gregory on Sybil).
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John Nash’s presence at HEC Montréal was a wonderful way to mark GERAD’s 25th anniversary. The Group celebrated the milestone with an international symposium on May 12 and 13, following the Optimization Days. On May 11, it launched 10 commemorative books authored in part by HEC Montréal professors.
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In 1796 Nash returned to London and entered into a partnership with the landscape gardener Humphrey Repton (dissolved in 1802). In 1798 Nash designed a conservatory at Brighton for the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), and he became an intimate member of the prince's circle. During the next 15 years Nash designed a number of remarkable country houses in the form of picturesque pseudomedieval castles, such as East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wright, for himself (1798); Luscombe, South Devon (1800-1804); West Grinstead and Knepp Castles, Sussex (ca. 1806); Ravensworth, County Durham, and Caerhayes, Cornwall (ca. 1808); and Cronkhill, Shropshire (ca. 1802), the first neo-Italian villa in England, from which sprang the Italianate revival of the late Regency and early Victorian eras.
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To link the new park with Carlton House, Nash drove Regent Street through the heart of London. The street could not run straight, as Parisian royal avenues do, but had to twist and curve subtly to separate the smart district of Mayfair from the shabbier quarter of Soho. Again it was a triumph for the picturesque. Nash’s Regent Street was full of variety and lively incident, transforming the West End with a new sense of circulation and space.
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Nash's first major venture was a speculative effort building London houses of brick which were faced with stucco painted to emulate stone. The venture fell flat, and Nash retired to the country. There he began to build a successful practice, partnering with landscape architect Humphrey Repton on several projects - Nash built the houses, Repton the grounds.
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George IV's character was in part redeemed by his linguistic and other intellectual abilities and especially by his astute judgment in the arts; he patronized the architect John Nash, who developed Regent Street (1811–c. 1825) and Regent's Park, London; and he sponsored Sir Jeffry Wyatville's restoration of Windsor Castle.
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