Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America's Public and Private Spaces

by Hugh Howard

Book Overview

"As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Biltmore's parkland in Asheville, dozens of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802159230
• ISBN13: 9780802159236
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"