ThePowerofBuildings,1920-1950:AMasterDraftsman'sRecord

Trainedasanarchitectintheearlytwentiethcentury，HughFerrisspossessedavisionofformthatsurpassedthetraditionalblueprintsofhispeers—anditshowedinhisdistinctivelymoodyrenderings.Amasteroflightandshadow，hemanagedtocapturethespiritofeachbuildingwithaheightenedsenseofperspectiveanddesign.Bythe1920s，hewaswellonhiswaytobecomingAmerica'sgreatestarchitecturaldraftsman.Ferriss'remarkablestyle，whichinfluencedgenerationsofbuilders，ishighlightedinthisillustratedjourneythroughthreedecadesofAmericanarchitecture.
Accompaniedbyilluminatingtextandcaptions，thiscollectionofsixtyofhisextraordinarydrawingsincludes：RockefellerCenter，astunningsymbolofmodernArtDecostyle;California'sShastaDam，rankedasoneofthegreatcivilengineeringfeatsoftheworld;thePerisphereandTrylonfromNewYork's1939World'sFair;Taliesin-in-Arizona，FrankLloydWright'sbreathtakingwinterhome;andDenver'sRedRocksAmphitheater，adramaticstructurethatincorporatesnaturalelementsandrockformations.Plus，thereareillustrationsoftheEmpireStateBuilding，theUnitedNationsheadquarters，airports，grainelevators，bombshelters，andmore.Architects，draftsmen，anddesignersofallageswillsavorthewonderandimaginationinthismagnificentvolume.，