The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland
Editorial Reviews
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This entertaining and lovely book-the first to focus solely on follies and other garden buildings in Ireland-re-creates in word and image the wonder of these picturesque and fanciful architectural oddities.
From the Back Cover
"A work of sustained scholarship and relish for the subject."-Patricia Craig, Times Literary Supplement; "A feast of ephemeral architectural embellishment."-House and Garden; "[A] pioneering book. . . . It is beautifully designed and the well researched text is accompanied by excellent measured drawings and wonderful photographs. The volume is a delight to peruse, a veritable encyclopedia of the extraordinary and the fantastic."-Roger Stalley, The Irish Times; "A major achievement."-Deborah Singmaster, Architects' Journal
The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland
The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland,James Howley,Yale University Press,0300102259,Architecture,Landscape,Reference,Architecture / General
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