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Downing Vaux (November 14, 1856 – May 15, 1926) was an American landscape architect. Vaux was one of the eleven founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1899. [1] Career. A sketch by Vaux in 1891 for Wilderstein.
Downing influyó no solo en Vaux, sino también en el arquitecto paisajista Frederick Law Olmsted; los dos hombres se conocieron en la casa de Downing en Newburgh. En 1858, su diseño conjunto, el Plan Greensward, fue seleccionado en un concurso de diseño para el nuevo Central Park en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Downing Park. Rockwood Park, Saint John. Calvert Vaux FAIA ( / vɔːks /; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York City 's Central Park .
Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846–1852). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture.
While traveling in London in 1850, Downing met the young English architect Calvert Vaux (1825—1895) and convinced Vaux to move to Newburgh so that he could pursue additional architectural projects with Vaux’s assistance.
Downing Vaux. Pioneer Information. Son of Calvert Vaux, he was named after his father’s mentor and former partner, Andrew Jackson Downing. Shortly after his birth, his father and Fredrick Law Olmsted, Sr., began collaboration on their plan for Central Park. Vaux attended boarding school with Olmsted’s stepsons, John Charles and Owen.
1824 - 1895. Calvert Vaux. Pioneer Information. Born in England and trained as an architect, Vaux came to America in 1850 to collaborate with Andrew Jackson Downing on Picturesque estate landscape projects.
