Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design 1856-1940

by Robert H. Hughes, Arthur H. Miller, Daniel Meyer, et al.

Book Overview

Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest is the first systematic study of this richly textured built environment. Beginning with suburban villas in the manner of Andrew Jackson Downing, Lake Forest was transformed by the work of Henry Ives Cobb, Howard Van Doren Shaw, David Adler, Harrie T. Lindeberg, Charles A. Platt, Holabird & Roche, Delano & Aldrich, Arthur Heun, and others. It was also distinguished by a tradition of innovation in landscape...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393730999
• ISBN13: 9780393730999
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.4"