Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office

Ethan Anthony

Praise:

"One splendid book."

-Denver Catholic Register

"Profusely illustrated volume…bequeaths the whole of the man’s kaleidoscopic output to a new generation of architects."

 - First Things

“Handsomely illustrated….Anthony’s unparalleled access to the firm’s records and archives accounts in part for the insightful quality of the writing, but it is the fact that he characterizes and evaluates the work with the sympathy of a practitioner, without lapsing into the proselytizing zeal of the convert, that renders the text all the more impressive.”

 - Ecclesiology Today

 

Overview

This book examines the life and works of a major architect whose buildings today surpass him in recognition. In the early twentieth century -- a time when modernism was favored over classicism, and architectural iconoclasm over tradition -- the commissions of Ralph Adams Cram were inspired by elegant practicality, mystical philosophies, and a keen sense of history and place. Among them were such religious masterpieces as St. John the Divine in New York City, the chapel at West Point, and campus architecture at Princeton.

About the Author

Ethan Anthony, president of HDB Architects, the successor firm of Cram and Ferguson, lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

ISBN: 0-393-73104-9
April 2007
Cloth; 160 pages

200 b&w illustrations