Classic country estates of Lake Forest : architecture and landscape design, 1856-1940 / Kim Coventry, Daniel Meyer, Arthur H. Miller.

Main entry:

Coventry, Kim.

Title & Author:

Classic country estates of Lake Forest : architecture and landscape design, 1856-1940 / Kim Coventry, Daniel Meyer, Arthur H. Miller.

Publication:

Description:

312 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index.
Creating a picturesque suburb, 1856-1892 -- From rural villas to country estates, 1893-1899 -- Realizing the estate ideal, 1900-1908 -- The Shaw domain, 1909-1912 -- Expanding the design vocabulary, 1913-1917 -- The Adler ascendancy, 1918-1929 -- Classic country estate twilight, 1930-1940.

Summary:

"In its unique convergence of striking topography, wealthy elites, and architectural achievement. Lake Forest, Illinois, has been a landmark of impressive American residential architecture and landscape design for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Situated on Lake Michigan's North Shore, the community drew an extraordinary group of cosmopolitan and wealthy clients who commissioned nationally and regionally renowned architects to design country havens away from the bustle of Chicago.
Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest is the first in-depth study of this richly textured built environment, disclosing the roles of notable design professionals and influential estate owners and examining the creative design theories central to the community's development particularly the careful integration of houses with their surrounding landscape."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0393730999 (paperback)
9780393730999 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Illinois Lake Forest.
Landscape design Illinois Lake Forest.
Architecture domestique Illinois Lake Forest.
Aménagement paysager Illinois Lake Forest.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings.
Landscape design.
Landschaftsplanung
Bildband
Lake Forest (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Lake Forest (Ill.) Constructions.
Illinois Lake Forest.
Lake Forest, Ill.

Added entries:

Meyer, Daniel, 1950-
Miller, Arthur H.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229494
Call No.: NA7613.I3 C68 2003
Status: Available

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