Frank Furness: Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines
- ISBN-10
- 0812249526
- ISBN-13
- 9780812249521
- Series
- Frank Furness
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-04-16
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- 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 American modern architecture, in design and genealogy, is rooted in the industrial culture of Philadelphia and the office of Frank Furness.
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- 2018-02-27
- 312 pages
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- 2021-06-04
- 312 pages
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- 2001
- 273 pages
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- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
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