A Norton Book for Architects and Designers

Michael J. Lewis

Frank Furness

A lively account of America’s most original Victorian architect.

Frank Furness’s energy, confidence, brashness, vulgarity, and full-throated love of life vibrate in his architecture. This first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, probes the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture—train stations, banks, and libraries—and illuminates Furness’s influence on his century and the world. 200 b/w illustrations.