\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 British architecture during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was both a product and an expression of the
new industrial age. During the reigns of \b \cf4 \ATXht13191000 George II\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and his grandson \b \cf4 \ATXht13201000 George III\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , architects familiar with the glories of the Italian Renaissance designed splendid neoclassica
l city developments. John NashÆs ôGrand Designö near RegentÆs Park in London is a prime example, as is John WoodÆs achievement at the fashionable \b \cf4 \ATXht10811000 spa town\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of Bath. This period also saw the construction of fine hous
es in the grand Palladian style, such as \b \cf4 \ATXht10831000 Robert Adam\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Æs London designs at Kenwood House and Osterley Park, or his stunning accomplishment at Hopetoun in Scotland. However, there were also increasing numbers of impo
sing new public buildings that expressed the civic pride of the builders of the countryÆs new wealth.\par
