James Wyatt practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists James Wyatt as English architect; (1746-1813).
James Wyatt was born at Weeford in 1746. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect, restorer and designer.
His best-known building is Kew Palace. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in United Kingdom shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
James Wyatt died in 1813, aged 67. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Kew Palace
