Posts tagged “books”
Calvert Vaux, Landscape Architect
Thursday, April 8, 2021 | Posted by Sarah Allaback
Calvert Vaux, Landscape Architect Francis R. Kowsky Forthcoming, Fall 2023 Published by the Library of American Landscape History Cloth Calvert Vaux (1824–1895), better known as an architect, is most frequently remembered as Frederick Law Olmsted’s partner in the design of Central Park, primarily of its fanciful architectural structures. In this visionary book, […]
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Olmsted and Yosemite
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Posted by Sarah Allaback
Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr Forthcoming, Winter 2022 Published by the Library of American Landscape History Cloth During the turbulent decade the United States engaged in a civil war, abolished slavery, and remade the government, the public park emerged as a product […]
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Dan Kiley
Monday, May 18, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback
Dan Kiley Jane Amidon Forthcoming, Fall 2023 Published by Library of American Landscape History Paperback A volume in the Masters of Modern Landscape Design series Visionary landscape architect and city planner, Dan Kiley (1912-2004) exerted a foundational, lasting influence on the shape of the American landscape in the second half of the twentieth […]
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Marjorie Sewell Cautley, Landscape Architect for the Motor Age
Friday, May 8, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback
Marjorie Sewell Cautley, Landscape Architect for the Motor Age Sarah Allaback Forthcoming, Fall 2022 Published by Library of American Landscape History Cloth Marjorie Sewell Cautley (1891–1954) was the first woman landscape architect to design state parks, the first to plan the landscape of a federally funded housing project, and the first to […]
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Beauty of the Wild
Thursday, May 7, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback
Beauty of the Wild: A Life Designing Landscapes Inspired by Nature Darrel Morrison Forthcoming, Summer 2021 Published by the Library of American Landscape History Cloth Price: $40.00 ISBN: 978-1-952620-28-7 To order: Amazon.com In Beauty of the Wild, Darrel Morrison tells stories of people and places that have nourished his career as a teacher and […]
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