Architectural visions : the drawings of Hugh Ferriss / by Jean Ferriss Leich ; with an essay by Paul Goldberger ; foreword by Adolf Placzek.

Main entry:

Leich, Jean Ferriss, 1920-

Title & Author:

Architectural visions : the drawings of Hugh Ferriss / by Jean Ferriss Leich ; with an essay by Paul Goldberger ; foreword by Adolf Placzek.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Library of Design, 1980.

Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-142).

Summary:

From the Chicago Tribune Competition and the Chrysler Building to the United Nation headquarters and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the drawings of Hugh Ferriss record a period of time in the history of architecture which has seen remarkable change in our conception of cities and buildings. Trained as an architect in the Beaux Arts tradition, Ferriss chose instead to devote the greater part of his career to giving shape and life to the dreams and visions in his own mind and in the minds of other, now famous, architects for whom he worked. In one broad sweep, we see, through one man's eyes, an astonishing record of 20th-century ideas and designs in architecture. -- from book jacket.

ISBN:

0823070549
9780823070541

Subject:

Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962.
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects
United States
Architects Biography United States
Ferriss, Hugh

Form/genre:

Biographies

Added entries:

Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 78656
Call No.: 2932; ID:86-B14618
Status: Available

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