Longue Vue House and Gardens: The Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens of New Orleans' Most Celebrated Estate

(Hardback)

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In the tradition of Rizzoli's Biltmore Estate and Nemours, Longue Vuecelebrates the stunning interiors and glorious gardens of New Orleans'sunrivaled jewel and Classical Revival masterpiece.Through lush photography, architectural drawings, and informative text by twoleading architecture experts, Longue Vue celebrates the beautiful house andgardens as designed by renowned landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman andarchitects William and Geoffrey Platt.

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This fantastic house history takes us through the past and present of one of New Orleans' greatest architectural treasures, with vintage illustrations and photos. . .
-The New Orleans Advocate

"LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENScaptures an important moment in American house and garden design and, for those of us who live too far from this gracious enclave, offers vicarious respite."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"Substantial enough in size and comprehensiveness of content, Longue Vue House and Gardensis destined for display rather than to be shelved away, and will be the book to give and receive this holiday season."
-SOUTHERNJEWISH LIFE MAGAZINE

Longue Vueis an iconic New Orleans estate that remains an important part of the citys heritage today as a house museum. . . Stunning photographs of the interiors and gardens are supplemented with architectural and landscape drawings.
-ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

"Longue Vue House and Gardensshowcases the stunning interiors and gardens of New Orleans's architectural masterpiece. . .Lush photography, drawings, and an informative text establish the estate as an enduring symbol to its creators' contributions to building a just society."
-GAMBIT WEEKLY

"Longue Vue House and Gardens: The Architecture, Interiors, andGardens of New Orleans' Most Celebrated Estateexplores the history of this magnificent Classical Revival mansion and eight-acre estate. . . Stunning photographs of the interiors and gardens are supplemented with architectural and landscape drawings."
-THE HUFFINGTON POST

Author Bio

Carol McMichael Reese is the Christovich Associate Professor in theTulane School of Architecture, where she teaches architectural/urban history andtheory courses. Her books and articles focus on contemporary architecture andurban planning in the Americas. In 2013, she published The Panama Canal and itsArchitectural Legacy, 1905-1920. Her most recent book is New Orleans UnderReconstruction: The Crisis of Planning. She has served on the Board of Directors ofLongue Vue House and Gardens since 2004. Thaisa Way is a landscape historian
teaching history, theory, and design in the Department of Landscape Architectureat the College of Built Environments, University of WA. She has published andlectured on feminist histories of landscape architecture. Her book, UnboundedPractices: Women, Landscape Architecture, and Early Twentieth-Century Design,was supported by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation and the LandscapeStudies Foundation's David Coffin Award. Her forthcoming book, From ModernSpace to Urban Ecological Design: The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag,explores the narrative of postindustrial cities and the practice of landscapearchitecture.