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The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their emotions and their actions, however unconscious of this they may be.

Hugh Ferriss

As the avenues and streets of a city are nothing less than its arteries and veins, we may well ask what doctor would venture to promise bodily health if he knew that the blood circulation was steadily growing more congested!

Hugh Ferriss

A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower directly across the street.

Hugh Ferriss

Hugh Ferriss

Hugh Ferriss

Born: 1889

Died: 1962 (aged 73)

Bio: Hugh Ferriss was an American delineator and architect. After his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man. Ferriss also influenced popular culture, for example Gotham City and Kerry Conran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Known for:

The metropolis of tomorrow (1929)
The power of buildings, 1920-1950

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