Power in Buildings An Artist's View of Contemporary Architecture

E-257: Columbia University Press,. Very Good-. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Columbia University Press, New York. 1953. 102 pgs. 50 illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the crown and heel of the spine). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A scarce title from America's greatest architectural draftsman. The sixty bold drawings and informed text trace Ferriss's personal odyssey through the modern architecture of America from 1929 to 1953. Dams, bridge anchorages, grain elevators, skyscraper projects, and viaducts are delineated in Ferriss's rich and somewhat brooding chiaroscuro style, while he surprises us with illustrations of such landmarks as the Johnson Wax building, Taliesin West, Lever House, and the then-unbuilt United Nations Headquarters. EB; 0.7 x 11.2 x 8.6 Inches; 102 pages .