Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux | |
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Personlig information | |
Født | 20. december 1824 ![]() London ![]() |
Død | 19. november 1895 (70 år) ![]() Brooklyn ![]() |
Dødsårsag | Drukning ![]() |
Gravsted | Montrepose Cemetery ![]() |
Uddannelse og virke | |
Uddannelsessted | Merchant Taylors' School ![]() |
Beskæftigelse | Landskabsarkitekt, arkitekt ![]() |
Kendte værker | Central Park ![]() |
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Calvert Vaux (20. december 1824 – 19. november 1895) var arkitekt og landskabsdesigner. Han huskes bedst for – sammen med den amerikanske landskabsarkitekt Frederick Law Olmsted – at have designet Central Park i New York City.
Eksterne henvisninger
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Medier brugt på denne side
Architect at his drawing board. This wood engraving was published on May 25, 1893, in Teknisk Ukeblad, Norway's leading engineering journal. It illustrates an article about a new kind of upright drawing board delivered by the firm J. M. Voith in Heidenheim a. d. Brenz (in south Germany). The board measures 1800 x 1250 mm, the total height is 2800 mm, and the weight 220 kg.