Friday, September 2, 2011

The Dark Monumentality of Hugh Ferriss' Gotham Style








First, let's cover the basics. The whole "Gotham/Empire" style in architecture really took off after the conceptual work by High Ferriss. His 1929 book "The Metropolis of Tomorrow" influenced the whole generation of architects, with its moody, colossal projections, destined to forever haunt the dreams of would-be dictators and power-mad superheroes:

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6 comments:

M. D. Jackson said...

Ferriss had also just come from seeing that new Fritz Lang movie at his local bijou.

Anonymous said...

Like a Coruscant of the 20's...

Kal said...

That is one of my favorite words - bijou. Let's go to the bijou for some ju ju bees.

M. D. Jackson said...

Of course! We'll sit in the balcony and watch some cinema!

Kal said...

Cinema on a Saturday afternoon is such a civilized way to spend one's afternoon.

Belle said...

Some of his buildings remind me of ancient Babylon.