biography
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| (1752–1835)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in London, UK. He trained as an architect, practised in London, and gained a reputation by his country-house designs. He came to the notice of the Prince of Wales (the future George IV), and was engaged to plan the layout of the new Regent's Park and its environs of curved terraces (1811–25). He laid out Regent Street to link the Park with Westminster, built Carlton House Terrace, and laid out Trafalgar Square and St James's Park. He recreated Buckingham Palace from old Buckingham House, designed the Marble Arch which originally stood in front of it (moved to its present site in 1851), and rebuilt Brighton Pavilion in Oriental style. On the strength of a patent for improvements to the arches and piers of bridges (1797), he claimed much of the credit for introducing steel girders. |
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