0-393-73063-8 / February 2001 / 200 b/w illustrations / 256 pages

Praise for Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind:

“A gripping read...Michael J. Lewis paints a fascinating portrait of this ill-tempered innovator.taking an infectious joy in describing Furness's free-spirited buildings.”
—Traditional Building

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