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Plan of a Village Adapted to the Requirements of the Industrial College of the State of Maine
Plan of a village adapted to the requirements of the industrial college of the state of Maine; accommodated to existing houses and rights of way, and with an adjustment of the present High Road passing through the Property of the College on Stillwater River. Olmsted, Vaux & Co., landscape architects, May 1st, 1867. The map includes three scales and profiles of the landscape. A compass indicates the orientation to north. Map scale: 1:1,200. Map size: 83 x 119 cm
Frederick L. Olmsted (1822-1903) is considered to the father of American landscape architecture and protégé of British-American architect, Calvert Vaux (1824-1895). Olmsted and Vaux are famous for co-designing a number of urban parks including Central Park in New York and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/1026/thumbnail.jp
Bem-morar em São Paulo, 1880-1910: Ramos de Azevedo e os modelos europeus
Domestic architecture achieves a great impulse in the second half of XIXth-century. From Europe to the whole world, models are conformed to the new social order and spread as industrialization takes command. Dwelling becomes the main concern among architects. New concepts are developed for the ideal house for 011 social strata: working class, middle-class, bourgeoisie. This essay traces the introduction in São Paulo of European formal patterns and principies Ihygiene, salubrity, comfort, social and domestic rites, social visibility) through the activity of F. P. Ramos de Azevedo! 1851-19281. The main projects he conceived for the local bourgeoisie are analysed.A arquitetura doméstica tem um grande impulso no século XIX. Da Europa são difundidos, para todo mundo, os modelos conformados à nova ordem social e à industrialização. A residência se transforma numa preocupação central dos arquitetos. Desenvolvem-se novos conceitos para casa ideal para todas as camadas sociais: operários, classe média, burguesia. Este artigo retrata, em São Paulo, a introdução de padrões formais e princípios (de higiene, salubridade, conforto, ritos sociais e domésticos, as aparências). a partir da atividade de F. P. Ramos de Azevedo (1851-19201. Analisam-se os principais projetos que ele desenvolveu para a burguesia local
Frederic E. Church House
general view, view of the Hudson River, 1984720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 1253
Frederic E. Church House
general view, flowers in bloom on the grounds of the site, 1984720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 1253
Frederic E. Church House
interior, windows, 1984720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 1253
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