decorative arts movement. Shaw was also influenced at this time by the writings of Reginald Blomfield, who argued in favor of using pre-industrial materials to design formal gardens, and William Robinson, who pioneered the idea of a wildlife garden. These emerging ideas would come to be known as the Arts and Crafts movement. After his return to the United States, Shaw focused on designing single-family homes. These dwellings were considered the basic standard of living for the Craftsman movement. Ragdale was designed in close harmony with the movement in combination with Beaux-Arts English country house design. List of works Gallery References Sources External links Howard Van Doren Shaw in Hyde Park P. A. Waller House in Kewanee, Ill. 1869 births 1926 deaths 19th-century American architects Artists from Chicago Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Recipients of the AIA Gold Medal 20th-century American architects Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Yale University alumni