Planting Fields

A Place on Long Island

Gina Wouters, Jerome E. Singerman, Witold Rybczynski , John Dixon Hunt

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English

Monacelli Press
13 May 2025

Architectural structure & design; Landscape gardening

Stunning new photography by David Almeida, historic images, and sketches and plans by the Olmsted Brothers capture the spirit of Planting Fields in Oyster Bay, NY. Home to William R. Coe, chairman of Johnson & Higgins, and his wife, Mai, an heir to the Standard Oil fortune, this lavish Tudor-revival mansion sits on a 400-acre landscape of rolling lawns, formal gardens, and woodlands. Essays explore the evolution of the house and landscape within the context of the Gold Coast estates and the agricultural landscape that preceded them, as well as covering the future plan for the site.

Text by: Witold Rybczynski, John Dixon Hunt, Arleyn A. Levee
Edited by: Gina Wouters, Jerome E. Singerman
Imprint: Monacelli Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 229mm,
Weight: 1.480kg
ISBN: 9781580936828
ISBN 10: 1580936822
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 13 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Gina J. Wouters is president and CEO of Planting Fields Foundation. Jerome E. Singerman is senior humanities editor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Press. Witold Rybczynski, Emeritus Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of more than twenty books, including The Story of Architecture. John Dixon Hunt is Professor Emeritus in the Weitzman School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania. Arleyn A. Levee is a landscape historian and preservation consultant.