Rooftop Gardens: The Terraces, Conservatories, and Balconies of New York
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847836061 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Unlike any other design book of its kind, it provides a rare glimpse into the private outdoor havens of a diverse range of the city's elite." Examiner"High above Sutton Place is a sprawling terrace dotted with sculptures by Murakami and Jeff Koons. These sanctuaries are, after all, intensely private, and ordinarily protected even from the view of ordinary mortals.” New York Times “The book, published by Rizzoli, promises to showcase some of the city’s most fabulous outdoor spaces.” New York Post"Rooftop Gardens is catnip for people who love plants, trees and flowers set against skyline views." Crain's New York Business"If it weren’t for Rooftop Gardens: The Terraces, Conservatories and Balconies of New York, a new book from Rizzoli by Denise LeFrak Calicchio and Roberta Model Amon, the only way to see most of these spaces would be by helic
Norman McGrath is an architectural photographer and author, most recently of Architectural Photography. Roberta Amon is active on committees of the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Lauder is Senior Corporate Vice President of The Esteé Lauder Companies Inc. Evelyn H. She is also Chairman of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), which she founded
Disappointing Had I been the photographer for this book I would be jumping up and down and demanding a recall. The quality of the colour reproduction is very poor and certainly not of a standard that does justice to such inspirational settings. The book should be a pleasure but instead I find it extremely frustrating to look at picture after picture and wonder what happened. The pictures have lost any richness and depth of colour - the sort of bleached photo quality you might find in an old picture book used to take up space on the bookcase of a rented beach-house, circa 1950.Plea. "Terrace envy" according to Roberta Wolsok. Roberta Amon and Denise Calicchio have created a beautiful book that makes you want to retreat in to that fantasy land where dreams come true. For those of us that live in Manhattan, in just an apartment with no outdoor space, you will now know exactly how much you are missing. What Woody Allen has done for New York in his movies, Ms. Calicchio and Ms. Amon have done in this book - make you feel that New York is truly a beautiful place to live.. Rooftop Gardens The Terraces, Conservatories, and Balconies of New York Rooftop Gardens is such a pleasurable and enjoyable book. It takes one on a voyeuristic journey of a hidden New York. It's hard to imagine such splendor exists on the tops of this concrete jungle. The pictures beautifully portray a fantasy land that we would all love to visit. Good job and kudos to the authors.
Idyllic urban oases offer inspiration to anyone yearning to add nature and serenity to an outdoor living space. A sumptuous array of gardens ranging in style from working to exotic fills the pages, a diverse selection befitting different scales and changing seasons. Rooftop Gardens showcases some of the most unique and extraordinary outdoor spaces in New York City that urban dwellers have created as retreats from the daily chaos of life. From the lush produce garden of Eli’s Vinegar Factory to a glass-enclosed conservatory perched atop Park Avenue in which amaryllis, paperwhite narcissus, and