An Elegant Wilderness: Great Camps and Grand Lodges of the Adirondacks (The Architecture of Leisure) Format:Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-4805309803

ISBN-13: 978-4805309803

Natural materials such as wood stone and brick form the foundations walls and ceilings of these subtly luxurious spaces while nature itself plays a considered role that is at once complementary and also intricately conjoined with the work

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Blending cultural and architectural history Fire Island Modernist ponders a fascinating era through an overlooked architect whose life work and colorful milieu trace the operatic arc of a lost generation and still resonate with artistic and historical import

An Elegant Wilderness: Great Camps and Grand Lodges of the Adirondacks (The Architecture of Leisure) Format:Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-4805309803The Victorian Society in America Metropolitan Chapter 2011 Award for Publication Architectural HistoryThe Adirondack Center for Writing 2011 Literary Award Best Book NonfictionThe first book to place the rustic Adirondack architectural style in the context of the cultural social and environmental history An Elegant Wilderness showcases the intensely private retreats set into the pine forests on the shores of the region s shimmering lakes. Open earlier