John Nash by Geoffrey Tyack - 9781848021020

John NashArchitect of the Picturesque\nAuthor(s): Geoffrey Tyack\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Historic England, United Kingdom\nImprint: Historic England\nISBN-13: 9781848021020, 978-1848021020\nSynopsis\nJohn Nash is universally recognised as one of the most important architects of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. As the man responsible for the creation of Regent Street and Regents Park, he left an indelible mark on the West End of London, and his two most famous buildings the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace are crucial to any understanding of the monarchy in the age of the Prince Regent (later George IV). Yet, even before he became involved in these ambitious projects, he made a major contribution to domestic architecture through the design of a series of stylistically varied villas, country houses and cottages in which he applied the doctrines of the Picturesque with an inventiveness and panache that has rarely been surpassed. No complete study o.