Alfred Caldwell: The Life and Work of a Prairie School Landscape Architect by Domer, Dean Dennis - 1997

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 185mm x 260mm. Light general wear to jacket. No tears. Internally clean. Binding tight. 336pp Alfred Caldwell is one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent landscape designers. Called a "genius"by Jens Jensen, he corresponded with Frank Lloyd Wright and visited him at Taliesin in Wisconsin. He collaborated regularly with German city planner Ludwig Hilberseimer and worked behind the scenes with Craig Ellwood in California on projects that brought Ellwood prominence. Caldwell taught architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology at Mies van der Rohe's invitation and at the University of Southern California, earning a reputation at both institutions as the most demanding and inspiring professor on the faculty..