Calogero, EricaTyson, NickArnold, DavidMorris, DavidA. Day and R. Mantiuk and E. Reinhard and R. Scopigno2014-02-062014-02-0620111017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/EG2011/areas/041-048This paper reports the use of shape grammars, as made available in CityEngine, to deconstruct six examples of Regency facades and uses them to form a reconstruction of Brunswick Square, in Brighton & Hove, UK. The aim of the research is to evaluate the potential for shape grammar rules to effectively encapsulate aspects of style in a formal, computational language. It is argued that such a system could both result in a stochastically based definition of Regency style with a measurable degree of certainty and enable the presentation of historical periods of history in a real-time virtual environment.Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: 3D Graphics and Realism- Virtual Reality K.4.3 [Computers and Society]: Organisational Impacts-Automation J.5 [Computer Graphics]: Arts and Humanities-Architecture J.6 [Computer Graphics]: Computer Aided Engineering-CADalgorithms