Community by Design

Community by Design
Author: Keith N. Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Brookline (Mass.)
ISBN: 9781558499768

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Brookline before Olmsted -- 2. Olmsted before Brookline -- 3. Henry Hobson Richardson -- 4. The Design Community -- 5. Charles Sprague Sargent -- 6. The Planning Context -- 7. The Institutional Context -- 8. The Neighborhood Context -- Conclusion: Landscape into Townscape -- Appendix A: Olmsted Design Projects in Brookline -- Appendix B: Architects and Landscape Architects in Brookline -- Appendix C: Statement as to Professional Methods and Charges, 1902 -- Appendix D: Collaborative Projects of H.H. Richardson and F.L. Olmsted Sr. -- Appendix E: Collaborative Commissions of the Olmsted Office in Brookline -- Appendix F: Brookline Projects of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge -- Appendix G: Brookline Projects of Peabody & Stearns -- Appendix H: The Brookline Commissions of Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul -- Appendix I: Town Green and Green Hill Properties with Olmsted Connections -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

Genius of Place

Genius of Place
Author: Justin Martin
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0306818817

This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer.

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
Author: Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher:
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The Olmsted Papers project is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Trust for the Humanities, the National Association for Olmsted Parks, as well as private foundations and individuals.