Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson Frederick Law Olmsted and the Reimagining of America's Public and Private Spaces

This book is a dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and his finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, highlights their immense impact on American design. Olmsted, America’s first and finest parkmaker, designed iconic parks like Central Park, Prospect Park, and Biltmore’s parkland. Together, they blended natural landscapes with built structures in train stations and public libraries, transforming congested cities into developing suburbs.

Despite their contrasting personalities, their sensibilities aligned. Hugh Howard chronicles their intersecting lives and work during America’s post-war renewal, revealing how they created original American style in architecture and landscape that continue to shape our public and private spaces.

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