Decimus Burton, who trained in the architectural practice of his father, achieved renown in his early twenties with his design for the Colloseum in Regent's Park, sadly no longer extant. This enormous exhibition hall featured a dome larger than that of St Paul's Cathedral. He later laid out Hyde Park, and most impressively, was the architect of the triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner. The Palm House (with Richard Turner) and the even bigger Temperate House at Kew Gardens are also due to him, as is the United Service Club, which hee designed with John Nash. He designed the elegant Athenaeum at Waterloo Place. The first giraffe house at London Zoo is a surviving example of his work on a smaller scale. — Eunice and Ron Shanahan based on the website of Bob Speel
Works
- Hyde Park Screen, 1828
- The Athenaeum, London, 1824
- The United Service Club, London, 1828 (with John Nash)
- The Wellington (or Consitution) Arch, London, 1826-30
- Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1844-48
- The restoration of Temple Church, the Inns of Court, London (with James Savage and Sydney Smirke)
- The Holme, Regent's Park, London, 1818-19
- The Colosseum, Regent's Park, London, 1824-27
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Last modified 1 December 2019