Hugh Ferriss

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03.24.2011







These drawings are by architectural draftsman Hugh Ferriss . His work is really incredible and demonstrates a fantastic imagination (not to mention patience). I prefer the style of the lighter, more detailed images, but I enjoyed the story behind the last few charcoal renderings. They are from The Metropolis of Tomorrow, where Ferriss imagined what a future megacity might look like. Delineator of Gotham indeed.

I recommend looking through this epic Flickr set to see more of his work.

10 Comments

  1. nikita says:
    March 25, 2011 at 12:42 am

    I have the same building in my block 🙂 (pic.3)

  2. koneyn says:
    March 25, 2011 at 1:21 am

    I actually work in this one: http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Vlastimir/brasovan22.jpg

  3. Steven says:
    March 25, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    these are inspiring. thanks for the share.

  4. Jimmy says:
    March 26, 2011 at 12:07 am

    Why is Falling Water in there?

  5. Kosmograd says:
    March 30, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Thanks for the linkage! There’s a little more back story on the Flickr set here:

    http://kosmograd.typepad.com/kosmograd/2007/12/341-images-of-h.html

  6. Bob Isaac says:
    March 30, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    There is a book of his renderings available on Amazon. Great stuff

  7. Anonymous says:
    April 10, 2011 at 8:33 am

    These look like post apocalyptic pictures.

  8. juls says:
    April 10, 2011 at 8:33 am

    These look like post apocalyptic pictures.

  9. Glenn says:
    April 21, 2011 at 4:15 am

    Good question from Jimmy that is worth repeating: Why is Frank Loyd Wright’s masterpiece Fallingwater, arguably the most celebrated single-family home built in America in the last hundred years, included in this collection?

  10. Priscilla says:
    April 21, 2011 at 5:17 am

    Looks like he took a lot of ideas from Antonio Sant’Elia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santelia01.jpg

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