| Description |
viii, 406 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 347-390) and index (pages 393-406). |
| Contents |
Prologue: Farewell, friend -- An impractical man finds his vocation -- Childhood days in Louisiana -- Inventing the Central Park -- Man without a country -- California days -- New neighbors in New York -- Mr. Dorsheimer, Buffalo benefactor -- The falls at Niagara -- Richardson designs a duomo -- Building Trinity Church -- Boston days -- Amestown -- The machine in the garden -- Of shingle and stone -- City of conversation -- Chicago style -- The Richardson memorial -- Sunset at Biltmore -- Epilogue: Legacies. |
| Summary |
In the wake of the Civil War, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park and the preservation of Yosemite and Niagara Falls. Henry Hobson Richardson meanwhile created the first distinctly American architectural style with structures such as Boston's unforgettable Trinity Church, Chicago's Marshall Field Wholesale Store, and iconic libraries and railroad stations. Individually they designed much-beloved buildings and public spaces; together they married natural landscapes with the built environment. In chronicling their intersecting lives, Hugh Howard reveals how these two men created original all-American idioms in architecture and landscape that influence how we enjoy public and private spaces to this day. -- back cover. |
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Landscape architects -- United States.
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Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Public spaces -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. (OCoLC)fst00030137
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Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886. (OCoLC)fst00015487
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Architecture and society. (OCoLC)fst00813574
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Landscape architects. (OCoLC)fst00991793
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Public spaces. (OCoLC)fst01083049
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
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| ISBN |
0802162312 (paperback) |
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9780802162311 (paperback) |
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