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Full of original plans and historic photographs, this beautifully
illustrated collection is the first comprehensive presentation of
Olmsted's design concepts for communities and private estates.
Silver Winner of the 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Best
Coffee Table Book Master landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
(1822-1903) is renowned for his public parks, but few know the
extent of his accomplishment in meeting other needs of society.
Lavishly illustrated with over 500 images, this book presents
Olmsted's design commissions for a wide range of projects. The rich
collection of studies, lithographs, paintings, and historical
photographs depicts Olmsted's planning for residential communities,
regional and town plans, academic campuses, grounds of public
buildings, zoos, arboreta, and cemeteries. Focusing on living
spaces designed to promote physical and mental well-being, the book
showcases more than seventy of Olmsted's designs, including the
community of Riverside, IL; the Stanford University campus; the
U.S. Capitol grounds; the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893; the
National Zoo; and George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate.
Illuminating Olmsted's design theory, this volume displays the
beautiful plans and reveals the significance of each commission
within his entire body of work. Readers concerned with the quality
of the environment in which we live and work, as well as
architects, landscape architects, urban planners, historians, and
preservationists, will find stimulating insights in Plans and Views
of Communities and Private Estates.
Lavishly illustrated with over 470 images - 129 of them in color,
this book reveals Frederick Law Olmsted's design concepts for more
than seventy public park projects through a rich collection of
sketches, studies, lithographs, paintings, historical photographs,
and comprehensive descriptions. Bringing together Olmsted's most
significant parks, parkways, park systems, and scenic reservations,
this gorgeous volume takes readers on a uniquely conceived tour of
such notable landscapes as Central Park, Prospect Park, the Buffalo
Park and Parkway System, Washington Park and Jackson Park in
Chicago, Boston's "Emerald Necklace," and Mount Royal in Montreal,
Quebec. No such guide to Olmsted's parks has ever been published.
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) planned many parks and park
systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of
designed public space that is enjoyed and defended today. His
public parks, the design of which he was most proud, have had a
lasting effect on urban America. This gorgeous book will appeal to
landscape professionals, park administrators, historians,
architects, city planners, and students-and it is a perfect gift
for Olmsted aficionados throughout North America.
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