{"product_id":"georgian-arcadia-by-roger-white-9780300249958","title":"Georgian Arcadia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores the origins and evolution of Georgian landscape architecture, a period of innovative and diverse garden structures in which some of the era’s greatest architects experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe invention and evolution of the Georgian landscape garden liberated garden buildings from the corset of formality, allowing them to structure much more extensive areas of garden and park. One of the leading authorities on Georgian landscape architecture, Roger White explores a genre in which some of the era’s greatest architects experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering not just the obvious adornments of parks and gardens such as temples, summerhouses, grottoes, towers and “follies,” the book also explores structures with predominantly practical functions including mausolea, boathouses, dovecotes, stables, kennels, deer pens, barns, and cowsheds—all of which could be dressed up to make an architectural impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhite examines these structures not only architecturally but from a functional and cultural viewpoint, considering questions of stylistic origins and development. Focussing on the contributions of Britain’s leading eighteenth-century architects—Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Kent, Adam, Chambers, Wyatt, and Soane—\u003cem\u003eGeorgian Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e provides a richly illustrated account of a period of innovative and diverse garden building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833045045484,"sku":"9780300249958","price":95.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24497323482294.jpg?v=1758432078","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/georgian-arcadia-by-roger-white-9780300249958","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}