Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
"Vizcaya. . . retells and interprets the fascinating story of the great American dream made real."—Miami Herald"Vizcaya, long thought of as a wealthy man's folly, has finally gotten the critical consideration it has so richly deserved in this eminently readable book."—Architecture in Print"Mr. Rybczynski and Mr. Olin judge the villa as they find it today and in the context of the historical process that produced it, rather than through a filter of modernist criteria. . . . An admirable job of conveying the history of Vizcaya."—Wall Street Journal"On every page the authors breathe life into the plastered stone walls of the estate, and photographer Brooks captures the sunny, light-filled ambiance of the locale in splendid photographs, many in color. Altogether the very model of a major monograph on an important great estate. Essential."—Choice