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- catalog abstract ""In its unique convergence of striking topography, wealthy elites, and architectural achievement. Lake Forest, Illinois, has been a landmark of impressive American residential architecture and landscape design for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Situated on Lake Michigan's North Shore, the community drew an extraordinary group of cosmopolitan and wealthy clients who commissioned nationally and regionally renowned architects to design country havens away from the bustle of Chicago. Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest is the first in-depth study of this richly textured built environment, disclosing the roles of notable design professionals and influential estate owners and examining the creative design theories central to the community's development particularly the careful integration of houses with their surrounding landscape."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12931516.
- catalog contributor b12931517.
- catalog contributor b12931518.
- catalog coverage "Lake Forest (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In its unique convergence of striking topography, wealthy elites, and architectural achievement. Lake Forest, Illinois, has been a landmark of impressive American residential architecture and landscape design for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Situated on Lake Michigan's North Shore, the community drew an extraordinary group of cosmopolitan and wealthy clients who commissioned nationally and regionally renowned architects to design country havens away from the bustle of Chicago.".
- catalog description "Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest is the first in-depth study of this richly textured built environment, disclosing the roles of notable design professionals and influential estate owners and examining the creative design theories central to the community's development particularly the careful integration of houses with their surrounding landscape."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Creating a picturesque suburb, 1856-1892 -- From rural villas to country estates, 1893-1899 -- Realizing the estate ideal, 1900-1908 -- The Shaw domain, 1909-1912 -- Expanding the design vocabulary, 1913-1917 -- The Adler ascendancy, 1918-1929 -- Classic country estate twilight, 1930-1940.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-304) and index.".
- catalog extent "312 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393730999".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Lake Forest.".
- catalog spatial "Lake Forest (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog subject "728/.09773/21 21".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Illinois Lake Forest.".
- catalog subject "Landscape architecture Illinois Lake Forest.".
- catalog subject "Landscape design Illinois Lake Forest.".
- catalog subject "NA7613.I3 C68 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Creating a picturesque suburb, 1856-1892 -- From rural villas to country estates, 1893-1899 -- Realizing the estate ideal, 1900-1908 -- The Shaw domain, 1909-1912 -- Expanding the design vocabulary, 1913-1917 -- The Adler ascendancy, 1918-1929 -- Classic country estate twilight, 1930-1940.".
- catalog title "Classic country estates of Lake Forest : architecture and landscape design, 1856-1940 / Kim Coventry, Daniel Meyer, Arthur H. Miller.".
- catalog type "text".