Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Thomas, George E. (1944-....)
Titre(s) : Frank Furness [Texte imprimé] : architecture in the age of the great machines / George E. Thomas ; foreword by Alan Hess
Publication : Philadelphia (Pa.) : University of Pennsylvania press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 281 p.- [14] p. de pl.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 27 cm
Collection : Haney Foundation series
Lien à la collection : The Haney Foundation series
Note(s) : Bibliogr. Index
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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Hess, Alan (1952-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Furness, Frank (1839-1912) -- Critique et interprétation
Furness, Frank (1839-1912) -- Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
720.973 09034 (23e éd.) = Architecture - États-Unis - 1800-1899
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780812249521. - ISBN 0812249526. - ISBN 9780812224870. - ISBN 0812224876 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471734106
Notice n° :
FRBNF47173410
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
