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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The English-born architect Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) moved to
America in 1850 and within 20 years won a reputation as one of
America's greatest landscape architects. He was co-designer (with
Frederick Law Olmstead and others) of a number of New York City's
principal parks (Central Park, Morningside and Riverside Parks,
Prospect Park in Brooklyn), South Park in Chicago, and the
Metropolitan and Natural History Museums in New York City. Vaux was
a major influence in the development of a national architecture in
America.Villas and Cottages, published in 1857, was his only book.
It forms a record of his early work in the field of domestic
architecture. It contains 39 designs for well-styled, efficient,
and low-priced houses - rural and suburban cottages, villas and
town houses built in the Hudson River Valley during the 1850s. Each
design is supplemented with detailed floor plans, perspective
views, a lively commentary, and vignettes illustrating various
details; front and side elevations are included in many cases.
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