One of the fabled "three Napoleons" of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career and some three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape.
Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was known for his modern polychrome decoration and setback skyscrapers.
One of the fabled "three Napoleons" of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career and some three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape.
Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was known for his modern polychrome decoration and setback skyscrapers.
Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect: Beaux-Arts to Modernism in New York
Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect: Beaux-Arts to Modernism in New York
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ISBN-13: | 9780393731149 |
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Publisher: | W. W. Norton Company |
Publication date: | 07/10/2006 |
Product dimensions: | 8.80(w) x 10.30(h) x 1.10(d) |