Biltmore Estate: The Most Distinguished Private Place
by John M. Bryan
from Rizzoli International Publications
The Architecture of Richard Morris Hunt
by Susan Stein
from University of Chicago Press
Richard Morris Hunt
by Paul R. Baker
from The MIT Press
Richard Morris Hunt is the definitive biography of the man who was widely regarded by his contemporaries as the dean of American architects and who was a seminal figure in establishing architecture as a profession in the United States. Covering all of Hunt's major commissions -- including his famous fifth Avenue mansions and Newport "cottages" -- the book provides a fresh look at the artistic achievements of America's Gilded Age.
Paul Baker's reassessment of Hunt's works naturally covers his most famous buildings, such as The Breakers and Marble House in Newport, Biltmore House in North Carolina, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the base for the Statue of Liberty. But it also reveals Hunt's designs for houses on a more intimate scale, public buildings and monuments, and commercial structures.
A monograph of the William K. Vanderbilt house,: Richard Morris Hunt, architect,
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