George E. Thomas Books
Building America's first university
"Building America's First University traces the University from its earliest site, chosen by Benjamin Franklin, to the present day. Architectural historians George E. Thomas and David B. Brownlee f...
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William L. Price Arts and Crafts to Modern Design
By George E. Thomas, Robert Venturi
"Architect George Howe believed there were three pioneers of American architecture. Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and William L. Price. While Wright and Sullivan are still regarded as central...
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University of Pennsylvania
"The University of Pennsylvania, established in 1779, is one of the first secular private schools in the nation. Since it was founded, it has occupied three different campuses. The third campus, be...
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Frank Furness
By George E. Thomas, Michael J. Lewis, Jeffrey A. Cohen
Frank Furness was the most unique and prolific American architect of the nineteenth century. Apprenticed in the atelier of Richard Morris Hunt and inspired by the values of his father's friend, Ral...
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