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John Nash: Regent Street
built 606 days ago
Even if he had designed nothing after 1810, when he was nearly 60 years old, Nash would be remembered as an innovative and imaginative architect, but his success recommended him to the Prince of Wales, who in 1811 became Regent. The Royal Pavilion, in Brighton, which Nash remodelled into an extravagant fantasy of Indian and Chinese exoticism (see Chinoiserie), is an eloquent testament to the restless eclecticism and lavish entertainments of the pleasure-seeking prince. At Carlton House, London (1813, demolished 1827-1828), Nash created a series of brilliant, Classically-inspired rooms, in the latest French fashion. The cost was enormous, but the building was demolished a few years later, when plans for Regent Street demanded a different approach to St James’s Park.
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Nash's work came to the attention of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) who, in 1811 commissioned him to develop an area then known as Marylebone Park. With the Regent's backing (and major inputs from Repton), Nash created a master plan for the area, put into action from 1818 onwards, which stretched from St James’s northwards and included Regent Street, Regent's Park and its neighbouring streets, terraces and crescents of elegant town houses and villas. Nash did not complete all the detailed designs himself; in some instances, completion was left in the hands of other architects such as James Pennethorne and the young Decimus Burton.
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[I]t was the innovation of Nash's style that recommended him to the Prince and which led to him becoming the principal architect of Regency England. His first royal commission engaged him in the redesign of what would become Regent's Park (then Marylebone Park) and the surrounding terraces (1811), evolving into evermore visionary (or extravagant) schemes, some of which were realized to a greater or lesser extent, and many of which were consigned to museum display cabinets (including some in the house of his great rival, Sir John Soane).
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In 1811 the Prince Regent asked three architects, including Nash, for ideas on developing the farmland called Marylebone Park and the surrounding areas. Nash's ambitious plans included a "garden city", with villas, terraced houses, crescents, a canal, and lakes.
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