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Calvert Vaux (20 de diciembre de 1824, Londres - 19 de noviembre de 1895, Nueva York) [1] era un arquitecto y paisajista británico. Diseñó los planos del Central Park de Nueva York junto con Frederick Law Olmsted .
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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 .
- British (at birth) and American (after naturalization in 1856).
- 1850–1895
- Architect
- Calvert, Downing, Helen, Julia
Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) was a British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing Central Park in New York City with Frederick Law Olmsted. Vaux was born in London and studied architecture in England before immigrating to the United States in 1850.
Pioneer of the American park movement. By Francis R. Kowsky. Calvert Vaux (1828-1895) was born in London, where he studied architecture and landscape design before immigrating to America in 1850. He came at the invitation of Andrew Jackson Downing, America’s first nationally renowned spokesperson for the art of landscape architecture.
In Frederick Law Olmsted. …with the young British architect Calvert Vaux in developing the successful design. In 1858 he became chief architect of the park, and from then until 1861 he worked assiduously in one of the first attempts in the United States to apply art to the improvement of nature in a public…. Read More.
Calvert Vaux. Quick Facts. Place of Birth: London, England. Date of Birth: Dec 20, 1824. Place of Death: Brooklyn, NY. Date of Death: Nov 19, 1895. Vaux was born in England, where he was educated as an architect. He came to America to serve as assistant, and then partner, to landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing.
23 de may. de 2018 · Calvert Vaux. Vaux, Calvert. views 1,250,687 updated May 23 2018. Vaux, Calvert (1824–95). London-born American architect and landscape-designer, he assisted A. J. Downing in laying out the grounds of the Capitol, Smithsonian Institution, and White House, Washington, DC (1850–2).
