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. Designed by Edward Blore in the style of a Gothic castle]]Edward Blore ( 1787 - 1879 ) was a 19th Century British Architect and Antiquary . He was born in Edinburgh , Scotland . (Some sources claim he was originally from Derby , England.) Blore is most notable for his completion of John Nash 's design of Buckingham Palace , following Nash's dismissal. He completed the palace in a style similar but plainer than that intended by Nash. In 1847 Blore returned to the palace and designed the great Facade facing The Mall thus enclosing the central Quadrangle . He also worked at St James' Palaces in London, and a large number of other designs in both England and Scotland. Blore was personal friend of Sir Walter Scott, and like him was interested on the baronial architecture of Scottish castles. This led to Blore's commission to design a palace in Yalta , in the Crimea . The Alupka palace was built between 1828 and 1846 , in a mixture of styles ranging from Scottish Baronial to Moor ish, the Palace's guidebook describes the building as "Blore's tribute to Muslim architecture" and goes on to claim "The north side could easily be mistaken for a Scottish castle in the gothic tradition. Somehow, these disparate elements blend successfully into a convincing whole." The Alupkar Palace is certainly unusual, and displays a more adventurous side to Blore's work than can be seen from his work in London. His East front, the public face, of Buckingham Palace was criticised from the moment of its completion, as banal street architecture, a view shared by King George V who had the facade redesigned in 1913 . As a recognised Establishment architect Blore was involved in many other projects related to the British Empire , this included Government House in Sydney , Australia , which he designed circa 1870 in the form of Gothic castle. He was tutor to the architect Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892) Blore died in 1879, and is buried Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, London , England . BUILDINGS
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