Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names in English planning during the period are those of Robert Adam and George Dance II, whose careers will be dealt with in the chapters which follow. Both of them recognized the principle of the monumentally treated block of ordinary houses, with centre and wings emphasized, as the proper solution of the urban street problem.


Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830

John Summerson Quotes

Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names ...

Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names ...

Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names ...

Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names ...