Frank Furness: Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines
- ISBN-10
- 0812224876
- ISBN-13
- 9780812224870
- Series
- Frank Furness
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-06-04
- Publisher
- Haney Foundation
- Author
- George E. Thomas
Description
A sweeping assessment of the entire career of Frank Furness that features more than one hundred illustrations, George E. Thomas's book argues that modern American architecture, in design and genealogy, is rooted in the industrial culture of Philadelphia and the office of Frank Furness.
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- 2018-04-16
- 312 pages
- Paperback
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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- 2018-02-27
- 312 pages
- Ebook
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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- 2001
- 273 pages
- Paperback
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
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