Frank Furness : architecture in the age of the great machines George E. Thomas ; foreword by Alan Hess

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, George E., author.

Contributor:

Hess, Alan, 1952- writer of foreword.

Series:

Haney Foundation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Furness, Frank, 1839-1912.

Furness, Frank.

Architecture--United States--History--19th century.

Architecture.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

xi, 281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Summary:

Frank Furness was born in Philadelphia in 1839. He was educated at private schools in the city, but never attended a college or university. Instead in 1857 he was apprenticed to architect John Fraser. Two years later he entered the New York studio of Richard Morris Hunt where he learned the eclectic medieval form which he would use throughout his career. When Furness returned to Philadelphia in 1866, he received his first commission for a new Germantown section of the Philadelphia. The following year, Furness entered into his first architectural partnership, joining established architects John Fraser, his former mentor, and George Hewitt. During the early 1870's this team designed the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.from 1875 on, Furness moved away from European revival styles, looking instead to the American West and to the American industrial age as inspirations for his dynamic and original buildings. He found an appreciative audience in industrial Philadelphia. By the time of his fiftieth birthday in 1889, Furness had designed more than three hundred buildings in Philadelphia, including a number of major city landmarks. During his career he designed numerous stations for the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, as well as banks, residences, office buildings, and churches.

Contents:

A Revolutionary Generation

"Buildings Out of His Head"

The Philadelphia Client: Industry and the Future

Two Competitions: Boston's Trinity Church and Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Buildings as Machines: The Mature Architect

Epilogue: Sullivan, Price, and Howe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812249521

0812249526

OCLC:

994287626