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The Metropolis of Tomorrow by Hugh Ferriss - Peter Harrington Journal - Rare and First Edition Books

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During the early 20th century, particularly the 1920s and 30s, the United States saw an explosion in the construction of new skyscrapers, as advances in steel and concrete technology allowed architects to stretch their imaginations and build larger and higher than ever before. It was in this fevered rush to remake whole cities that architectural draughtsman Hugh Ferriss (1889–1962) became “the most brilliant exponent of the American skyscraper”. Though Ferriss had an architecture degree he chose to spend most of his career as a delineator, an artist who creates renderings of other architect’s designs for the purposes of advertising and city planning. Ferriss developed a unique style, using chiaroscuro to depict brooding, monumental structures that gave his cityscapes an alien feel. By the mi-1920s he was in great demand and worked with the most important architects of the period, rendering the Lincoln Center, the Rockefeller Center, the New York Times Building, and the Chicago Tribune

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