William Heste

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William Heste
Born1753 or 1763
Scottish

William Hastie (

town planner of Scottish descent. His name is also transliterated back from Russian as William Heste or, seldom, Vasily Heste. Because of his influence at court Heste's designs for buildings and whole towns can be seen throughout Russia.[1]

Biography

William Hastie was born in either 1753 or 1763 in

Tsarskoe Selo. Hastie and his compatriot Adam Menelaws made the most distinguished careers among this group,[3] becoming notable professional architects.[4]

Moyka River opened on 14 November 1806[1]

Hastie never returned to Scotland, and instead in 1792 he entered the service of the

Yekaterinoslav
, which was approved in 1817 and generally followed throughout the 19th century.

After serving in

Izhora River
. Here Hastie acquired practical skills in metalworking and bridge engineering.

In February 1805 Hastie returned to Saint Petersburg and was assigned to building bridges over the city's smaller rivers. He built the Blue, Green, Red and Potseluev bridges. They were the first in Saint Petersburg to be made from cast iron. From 1808 to 1832 Hastie was the head architect of Tsarskoye Selo. He created a general plan for construction in the town. From 1810 Hastie was involved in most urban construction projects in Russia.

After the 1812 fire of Moscow which destroyed three quarters of the city Hastie was the first to propose a detailed redevelopment plan. It rejected for disregarding the historical background of the city.

William Hastie died on 4 June 1832 in Tsarskoye Selo, where he was buried in a Protestant cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Anthony Cross, ‘Hastie, William (1754/5–1832)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2009 accessed 28 Nov 2013
  2. Foreign Office
  3. ^ Cross, p. 248
  4. ^ See also Shvidkovsky, 1996, for a detailed description of Cameron's workforce in Tsarskoye Selo.

Bibliography

  • Korshunova, Miliza & Haskell, Larissa (1974). "William Hastie in Russia". Architectural History. 17. Oxford: 14–21, 53–56.
    S2CID 194968689
    .
  • Cross, Anthony Glenn (1997). By the Banks of the Neva: Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth-century Russia. Cambridge University Press.
    ISBN 978-0-521-55293-6
    .
  • Architects of Tsarskoe Selo (in Russian)
  • Heste on the site 300 years of St. Petersburg (in Russian)
  • Kuznetsov, S. O. (1998). "Adam Menelas na rossiyskoy zemle (Адам Менелас на российской земле. Возможные пути интерпретации творчества архитектора императора Николая I)" (PDF) (in Russian). The Philosophical Age. Almanac 6. Russia at the Time of Nicholas I: Science, Politics, Enlightenment. Ed. by T. Khartanovich, M. Mikeshin. St. Petersburg, 1998.
  • Shvidkovsky, Dmitry (1996). The Empress & the Architect: British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great. Yale University Press.
    ISBN 978-0-300-06564-0. (biography of Charles Cameron
    )
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