Title: John Nash : architect of the picturesque /
Authors: Tyack, Geoffrey.
Publisher: English Heritage,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Nash, John,; Architects Great Britain Biography; Architecture Great Britain History; Architecture Great Britain History
Abstract: Responsible for the creation of Regent Street, Regent's Park, the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace, John Nash is recognised as one of the most important architects of the late 18th and early 19th century Britain. This book brings together recent scholarship, and introduces this architect to a new generation.
Contents: Introduction: from Lambeth Marsh to Buckingham Palace / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash before fame and fortune / Richard Suggett -- Rebuilding a career : John Nash in Herefordshire 1790-1800 / David Whitehead -- Domestic Gothic / Geoffrey Tyack -- Nash and the villa rustica / Rosemary Yallop -- John Nash and the genesis of Regent's Park / J Mordaunt Crook -- Reshaping the West End / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash and the Royal Palaces / M H Port -- Pioneering yet peculiar : John Nash's contributions to late Georgian building technology / Jonathan Clarke -- Nash in context : links with Schinkel, Percier and Fontaine, Soane, and Cockerell / David Watkin.