Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton (* September 30, 1800, † December 14, 1881 ) was an English architect and landscape architect. His influence is visible in London parks, such as the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew or the London Zoo. As a city planner, he worked in Fleetwood, St Leonards on Sea and Tunbridge Wells. He was the tenth child of his parents, hence his first name Decimus (Latin for, the Tenth ').
Life and work
Burton trained by his father, James Burton (1761-1837) Construction and architecture know. Later he worked for John Nash, for whom he ( adjacent to Regent's Park ) expanded the draft Cornwall Terrace and projects in the park completed it. His first major project was the 1823 Memorial Coliseum, a huge domed exhibition hall which was demolished in 1875. The Royal College of Physicians is now at the point itself.
After that, he was commissioned to design the gardens and buildings of the new London Zoo. His llama enclosure of 1828 no longer serves as an animal shelter, but as a retail outlet and is a listed building, just as the giraffe house of 1834.
He was responsible for the planning of Hyde Park ( 1825) and designed the countries along its south- eastern corner of Wellington - or Constitution- sheet, which forms the main entrance to St James's Park and Green Park. The arch is dedicated to the Duke of Wellington and was intended as a grand entrance to London, as the north gate of the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Originally stood on the bow an equestrian statue of the Duke, but this was in 1912 replaced by a quadriga by Adrian Jones.
Kew
Burton worked for 30 years at the gardens in the London suburb of Kew, starting with the layout of the gardens and paths, then the main buildings. With the iron founder Richard Turner, he planned the glass and the Palm House at Kew (1848 - 1848), which at that time was the largest in the world (110 meters long, 30 meters wide and 20 meters high). Then he designed the even bigger Tempered house whose completion he did not live. A portion was opened in 1863, but lack of funds meant that it was only completed in 1898. Other projects in Kew were the Victoria Gate (1848 ) and the water lily house (1852 ).
Fleetwood
The second major project Burton applies the seaside resort of Fleetwood on the Lancashire coast. The work of father and son Burton St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex (1827-1837) impressed the rich landowner Peter Hesketh. He commissioned Decimus, to create the new port city. Buildings of Burton in Fleetwood are the North Euston Hotel, the Pharos Lighthouse, the Queen's Terrace, St Peter 's Church, Town Hall and his own house in Dock Street, where he lived until 1844.
Death
Decimus Burton retired in 1869 from the working world and died in December 1881. He was buried beside his father in adorned with a pyramidal monument family grave in St Leonards.