Lutah Maria Riggs: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden library (Santa Barbara,Calif.)
Description
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden was started in 1926 as a partnership between the Carnegie Institution and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, with land in Mission Canyon donated by Anna Dorinda Bliss. The Garden grew from the initial 13 acres, up to 78 acres today, and is filled with native and regional plants. In 1942, space was needed for the growing library of books on horticulture in the Garden's collection.
Riggs was commissioned to design a structure for education and research named the Blaksley Library. The exterior courtyard was a collaboration between Riggs and landscape architect Beatrix Farrand. Additional landscape designs in the garden were created by Lockwood de Forest and Elizabeth de Forest.
Riggs was commissioned to design a structure for education and research named the Blaksley Library. The exterior courtyard was a collaboration between Riggs and landscape architect Beatrix Farrand. Additional landscape designs in the garden were created by Lockwood de Forest and Elizabeth de Forest.
Creator
Lutah Maria Riggs, architect
Marvin Rand, photographer
Frederick Dapprich, photographer
Marvin Rand, photographer
Frederick Dapprich, photographer
Source
Lutah Maria Riggs papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Date
1942
Rights
© Marvin Rand Estate
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Collection
Citation
Lutah Maria Riggs, architect
Marvin Rand, photographer
Frederick Dapprich, photographer, “Lutah Maria Riggs: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden library (Santa Barbara,Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/437.