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dc.coverage.spatialSite: London, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1825 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorNash, Johnen_US
dc.date1825en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T18:08:20Z
dc.date.available2013-03-11T18:08:20Z
dc.date.issued1825en_US
dc.identifier198713en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1060en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/106474
dc.descriptionFrontal view of northwest corner end unit; The greatest achievements of Nash's later years lay in the sphere of urban planning. Regents Park gave him an opportunity to bring Repton's aristocratic landscape-garden ideas to the town. The effect was one of contrived informality made up of a lake, winding paths and clumps of trees interspersed with buildings, and it became a model for countless public parks in England and elsewhere. His plans for the park were approved in 1812 and, with the credit boom following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he was able to develop the Crown land surrounding the park with profitable housing for the rich. Here, overlooking the park, he produced a series of highly inventive variations on the theme of the Georgian terrace. Park Crescent (1812), Sussex Place (1822), Chester Terrace (1825) and Cumberland Terrace (1825) are palatial-looking structures that conceal commonplace construction and planning behind a display of Roman-inspired architecture in stucco. However, as urban scenery they are second to none in London. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; ironen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectGeorgianen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.subjectRegencyen_US
dc.titleCambridge Terraceen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-NJ-CT-B2en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktyperow houseen_US
dc.contributor.displayJohn Nash (British architect, 1752-1835)en_US


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