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John Nash (18 January 1752 ... whose theories of the Picturesque would influence Nash's town planning. ... (1808–13) rebuilt later in the 19th century; Knepp Castle ...
In 1910, Thomas Adams was appointed as the first Town Planning Inspector at the Local Government Board, and began meeting with practitioners. The Town Planning Institute was established in 1914 with a mandate to advance the study of town-planning and civic design. [39] The first university course in America was established at Harvard University ...
1727 Maharaja Jai Singh II – astronomer, city planner, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; 1791 Peter Charles L'Enfant and Andrew Ellicott – Washington, D.C. 1805 Augustus B. Woodward – Detroit; 1811 Gouverneur Morris, John Rutherfurd, and Simeon De Witt – Commissioners' Plan of New York City
John Leonard Melvin (born 31 October 1935) is a British architect, town planner, and author. He is the former chairman of the London Region of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). His architectural work has been widely exhibited in the UK and abroad by the RIBA and the British Council.
John Gwynn RA (1713 – 28 February 1786) was an English architect and civil engineer, who became one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. He advocated greater control over planning in London, for which he produced detailed suggestions.
John Clayton. John Clayton (10 June 1792 – 14 July 1890) was an antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, during the nineteenth century.He worked with the builder Richard Grainger and architect John Dobson to redevelop the centre of the city in a neoclassical style (Grainger Town), and Clayton Street in Newcastle is named after him.
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The American Planning and Civic Association (APCA) was an American organization for improving living conditions in the United States, with an emphasis on improving the physical and structural growth of communities. Its purpose was briefly stated as "the cultivation of higher ideals of civic life and beauty in America, the promotion of city ...