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John Nash: London Group
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The sweeping curve of elegant Regent Street, picturesque Regent's Park and the delightful Georgian terraces nearby, the charming colonnade of All Souls, splendid Buckingham Palace - all these were designed by one man, the brilliant architect John Nash. During the Regency this great man transformed London into a much more stylish and attractive city.
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Born in London Nash gained a reputation for his country-house designs. He ... planned the layout of Regent's Park and its environs of curved terraces - Regent Street to link the Park with Westminster, Carlton House Terrace, laid out Trafalgar Square and St James's Park, recreated Buckingham Palace, designed Marble Arch - (moved to its present site in 1851), and rebuilt Brighton Pavilion in Oriental style.
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Nash had ambitious plans to create a garden city in the vicinity of Regent's Park with elegant villas and terraces arranged around a series of lakes and canals - central to which would be the Prince's summer palace. Much of this scheme had to be abandoned, most notably the summer palace, but in the park itself (often called the jewel in London's crown) can be seen as a microcosmic illustration of the broader design.
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[M]ental health experts say that while Nash's life is undeniably remarkable, his gradual recovery from schizophrenia is not. That contention is likely to surprise many people, including some psychiatrists, who continue to believe the theory, promulgated a century ago by Sigmund Freud and his contemporaries, that the serious thought and mood disorder is a relentless, degenerative illness that robs victims of social and intellectual function, invariably dooming them to a miserable life in a homeless shelter, a prison cell or, at best, a group home.
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