Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction
A history of constructed and designed landscapes in the United States’ national parks.
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Central Park in New York City
The landscape designers Vaux and Olmsted draft plans for New York City’s “Central Park,” a space in which to escape the city’s noise, pollution, and crowding.
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"Green building" movement
Books by Victor Olgyay (Design with Climate) and Ralph Knowles (Form and Stability ) pioneer a “green building” movement among architects and designers.
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