Frank Furness
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Frank Furness: The Complete Works
By George E. Thomas, Michael J. Lewis, Jeffrey A. CohenWithin , the massive turned newel post of the stair is similar to others of the period . 656A . Crescent Barge Club , East River Drive , Philadelphia 1878 , altered A front tower with a second - story sitting room was erected in front ...
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Frank Furness: Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines
By George E. Thomas... where he was in charge of testing that led to significant advances. Figure 2 Frank Furness, “Floor for Buildings,”U.S. Patent #416,907, December 10, 1889. Figure 4 Louis Sullivan, 1876. Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Ryerson.
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Frank Furness: Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines
By George E. ThomasLavishly illustrated, the book includes more than eighty black-and-white and thirty color photographs that highlight the richness of his work and the originality of his design spanning more than forty years.
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Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind
By Michael J. LewisThis first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture - train stations, banks, and libraries - and illuminates his influence on his century and the ...
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Frank Furness: Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines
By George E. ThomasLavishly illustrated, the book includes more than eighty black-and-white and thirty color photographs that highlight the richness of his work and the originality of his design spanning more than forty years.