What is John Nash (architect)?
{{Infobox Architect |image=John Nash.jpg |name=John Nash |birth_name=John Nash |nationality=English |birth_date={{birth date|1752|1|18||df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Lambeth]] |death_date={{death date|1835|5|13||df=yes}} |death_place= [[Isle of Wight]] |practice_name= |significant_buildings=[[Royal Pavilion]]<br/>[[Buckingham Palace]] |significant_projects= |awards= }} '''John Nash''' (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English [[architect]] responsible for much of the layout of [[Regency]] [[London]]. He was the most important architect of the period 1800 to 1835 == Life == Nash was born in [[Lambeth]]. He studied architecture as an [[apprentice]] to Sir [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Robert Taylor]] for nine years.<ref>Tyack, Geoffrey (Ed) (2013) ''John Nash Architect of the Picturesque'', English Heritage, p. 3. {{ISBN|978-1848-021020}}</ref> From 1810, Nash would take very few private commissions. He was a dedicated [[Whig]] and was a friend of [[Charles James Fox]], who was [[Foreign Secretary]] in 1806. Perhaps through Fox, Nash came to the attention of the [[Regent|Prince Regent]] (later [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]]). For the rest of his career he would largely work for the Prince. His first major commissions in 1811 from the Prince was [[Regent Street]] and the development of an area then known as Marylebone Park. With the Regent's backing 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, [[terrace]]s and crescents of elegant town houses and [[villa]]s. Nash did not complete all the detailed designs himself; in some instances, completion was left in the hands of other architects. Nash was employed by the Prince to develop his Ocean Pavilion Palace in [[Brighton]], originally designed by Henry Holland. By 1822 Nash had finished his work on the Ocean Pavilion, which was now transformed into the Royal Pavilion. == His works == Examples of his wor