Amherst College
Author | : Blair Kamin |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2020-02-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781616899202 |
ISBN-13 | : 1616899204 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Amherst College: The Campus Guide is an architectural tour of one of North America's most prestigious liberal arts colleges. Founded in Western Massachusetts some two hundred years ago, the one thousand-acre campus is a living museum of architectural history, bearing the imprint of distinguished firms in architecture and landscape architecture: Frederick Law Olmsted; McKim, Mead & White; Benjamin Thompson; Edward Larrabee Barnes; Shepley Bulfinch; and Michael Van Valkenburgh. Organized as a series of six walks, the guide interweaves the history of the college with the story of the campus's development. Newly commissioned photographs and a hand drawn pocket map enhance this engaging journey through Amherst's architecture, landscape, interior design, and sculpture.