Biltmore House by Richard Morris Hunt at GreatBuildings

Architect

Location

Date

1888 to 1895 timeline

Building Type

Construction System

bearing masonry

Climate

warm temperate

Context

rural estate

Style

George W. Vanderbilt Mansion, at the Biltmore Estate.

Images

Drawings

Estate site plan, historical	Biltmore Village, site plan, historical	Topographical map of estate grounds, historical
Sketch, exterior overview in context, by Charles Moore at ArchitectureWeek

Discussion

Biltmore House Commentary

Landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, primary designer of New York's Central Park.

Resources

Sources on Biltmore House

"Southernness in Architecture", by Charles Moore, ArchitectureWeek No. 207, 2004.0901, pC1.2.

Web Resources

Links on Biltmore House

Biltmore Estate — the estate's very commercial official web site

Biltmore House at Archiplanet — Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration

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