Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles E. Beveridge, Lauren Meier

Frederick Law Olmsted

Plans and Views of Public Parks
Herausgeber: Beveridge, Charles E; Mills, Irene; Meier, Lauren

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lavishly illustrated with over 470 images - 129 of them in color - this book reveals Frederick Law Olmsteds 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 Olmsteds 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, Bostons Emerald Necklace, and Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. No such guide to Olmsteds parks has ever been published.
Frederick Law Olmsted (18221903) 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 urbanAmerica.
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.

Produktdetails

• The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 288mm x 287mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 2377g
• ISBN-13: 9781421410869
• ISBN-10: 1421410869
• Artikelnr.: 41749992

Autorenporträt

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is considered to be the father of landscape architecture. He was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.