Fotografía y documentación. Mr. Vanderbilt’s House and Collection.Driehaus Museum. Twin Houses . New York.
Las Twin Houses fueron, en su época, uno de los mejores ejemplos de arquitectura de Nueva York y, por extensión, de todo USA. En aquella época las revistas de arquitectura tenían acceso al interior de alguno de estos edificios y se permitía, incluso, la publicación de libros con todo el detalle del interior. Así, por ejemplo: William Henry Vanderbilt House. Twin Houses . New York. Driehaus Museum. The Vanderbilt residence at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-first Street was technically two mansions connected by an atrium; his daughters lived in the second with their husbands. It was a feast for the eyes. The architect-decorators were Christian and Gustave Herter, German-born cabinetmakers favored by New York’s elite, and they worked with experienced architects Charles Atwood and John Snook to anchor their profuse decorative elements to a standing structure. No two rooms were alike, and all were exactly to the taste of the moment. Just like the original interior designers of the Nickerson
