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Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park
A Place for Art, Environment, and an Open Mind
How a public-private partnership created an iconic Pacific Northwest park
The Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, where Alexander Calder’s The Eagle soars over Puget Sound, Roxy Paine’s stainless-steel Split glistens in the rain, and Richard...
ISBN: 9780932216809
more detailsWhere Dragon Veins Meet
The Kangxi Emperor and His Estate at Rehe
Winner of the 2023 On the Brinck Book Award, presented by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning
An auspicious political landscape, represented in image and text
In 1702, the second emperor of the...
ISBN: 9780295745800
more detailsOlmsted in Seattle
Creating a Park System for a Modern City
In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle’s city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape...
ISBN: 9781933245560
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