Entrée principale:

Creese, Walter L.

Titre et auteur:

The crowning of the American landscape : eight great spaces and their buildings / Walter L. Creese.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1985.

Description:

xi, 289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Great given spaces, almost too large to comprehend or handle. Jefferson's Charlottesville ; The Hudson Valley ; Yosemite National Park ; Mt. Hood national Forest and timberline Lodge -- pt. II. Smaller spaces, treated more directly and actively, so that they might even be called inventions. The Boston Fens ; Graceland Cemetery and the landscaped lawn ; Riverside: the greatest American suburb ; Wright's Taliesin and beyond.

Résumé:

"From areas as large as the Hudson Valley and Yosemite National Park to those as small as the Fens in Boston and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Valley, Walter Creese analyzes the historical essence of eight distinguished American sites and their architecture."--Jacket.

ISBN:

069104029X (alk. paper)
9780691040295 (alk. paper)

Sujet:

Landscape architecture United States History.
Architecture United States History.
Space (Architecture) United States.
Landscapes United States History.
Landscape assessment United States History.
Space (Architecture)
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire.
Espace (Architecture)
Paysages États-Unis Histoire.
Paysages Évaluation États-Unis Histoire.
Espace (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture.
Landscape architecture.
Landscape assessment.
Landscapes.
Landschaftsplanung
Landschapsarchitectuur.
United States.
USA
United States Landscape design

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 141047
Cote: SB470.53.C74 (ID:85-B26132)
Statut: Disponible