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George Washington's EyeLandscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon
Explore the beauty and history of Mount Vernon—and the inquisitive, independent mind of its famous architect and landscape designer. Winner of the John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize of the Foundation for Landscape Architecture On the banks of the Potomac River, Mount Vernon stands, with its iconic portico boasting breathtaking views and with a landscape to rival the great gardens of Europe…
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Medicine Moves to the Mall
The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine Moves to the Mall, David Charles Sloane and Beverlie Conant Sloane document the historical changes to our health care landscape by exploring the interactions between medicine and place. This unique c…
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The Philadelphia Country HouseArchitecture and Landscape in Colonial America
A highly readable, beautifully illustrated study of the homes built by elite colonial Philadelphians as retreats—which balanced English models with developing local taste. Colonial Americans, if they could afford it, liked to emulate the fashions of London and the style and manners of English country society while at the same time thinking of themselves as distinctly American. The houses the…
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Rediscovering the Great PlainsJourneys by Dog, Canoe, and Horse
Engaging travel memoir recounts author's adventures traveling in Canada's Qu'Appelle River Valley via horse, canoe, and Native American dogsled. The North American Plains are one of the world's great landscapes—perhaps the signature landscape of the continent. Today, the most intimate experience most of us have of the great grasslands is from behind the window of a car or train. It was not a…
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The Unknown World of the Mobile Home
In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen Americans lives in a mob…
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The House of the FutureWalt Disney, MIT, and Monsanto's Vision of Tomorrow
Step inside The House of the Future , the iconic Disneyland attraction that captured the imagination of countless visitors during its ten-year run from 1957 to 1967. In this meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book, readers will take a journey through the conception, construction, opening, lasting impact, and ultimate closure of this groundbreaking exhibit. The House of the …
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Frederick Law Olmsted's Point ChautauquaThe Story of an Historic Lakeside Com…
Discover the story of Point Chautauqua, a unique lakeside community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Explore the history of this architectural gem, from its origins as a religious community to its evolution into a vibrant summer resort and residential area. Learn about Olmsted's design principles and how they shaped the community's landscape and character. This book offers a fascinating look…
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Olmsted's ElmwoodThe Rise, Decline and Renewal of Buffalo's Parkway Neighborh…
The fascinating story of the historic Elmwood District is told for the first time, from the arrival on the Niagara Frontier of Joseph Ellicott, through the role played by Fredrick Law Olmsted' s parks and parkways, and into the decline and renewal during modern era. This lushly illustrated book educates and enlightens, telling the stories of the people who gave Elmwood its enduring character, t…
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Dublin in the 1950s and 1960scars, shops and suburbs
After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards of living improved and Dublin, in common with other European cities, engaged in much soul-searching about what kind of city was needed for a car-owning population and whether this differed from the kind of city that people wanted. Cars offered greater accessibility …
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The History and Heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin
The history of St James's Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. When the Foundling Hospital was closed in 1829 the buildings were used to house the South Dublin Union Workhouse, which wascommandeered during Easter Week 1916. After Independence, the South Dublin Union was renamed St Kevin's …
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