Meet the Author | Hugh Howard
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Many people think that Pequot Library’s building was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and that our landscape was designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead; however, neither man played such a role in the library’s history. The stories suggesting their involvement shine a light on our founding.
In Architects of an American Landscape, historian Hugh Howard explores the friendship and collaborations of two of the great masters of 19th-century design: Richardson and Olmsted. According to Hugh, the United States has seen three great architectural avatars. In the early years of our nation, Thomas Jefferson made classicism out default national style whereas Frank Lloyd Wright, in the twentieth century, shaped an organic built environment. His most recent book fall chronologically between the two, describing a man often regarded as America’s most important architectural form giver.
This program is produced in conjunction with our exhibition A Community Treasure: Pequot Library Turns 135, which opens on Oct. 2.
Hugh Howard is the author of numerous books on architecture and design, including Architecture’s Odd Couple; Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson: Architect; Houses of the Founding Fathers; and a memoir, House-Dreams. He splits his time between New Hampshire and the Hudson River Valley.
Howard has spoken extensively across the nation, including events at the 92nd Street Y, the Institute for Classical Architecture, and the National Building Museum. He has delivered lectures at various universities and symposia, including the George Washington Symposium at Mount Vernon, the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University, and the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago.
