Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect

by Rudy J. Favretti

The first full biography of a groundbreaking landscape architect

Winner of the Ruth Emery Award by the Victorian Society of America (2008)

Born in Switzerland, Jacob Weidenmann emigrated to the United States in 1856 at the age of twenty-seven after obtaining college-level diplomas in art, architecture, and engineering. The only landscape architect in America so educated, Weidenmann quickly gained a reputation for his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568473
• ISBN13: 9780819568472
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.3"