Henry Hornbostel: An Architects Master Touch

Library Journal

Like Charles McKim, Richard Morris Hunt, H.H. Richardson, and Louis Sullivan, Henry Hornbostel (1867-1961) was among the talented American elite who trained in architecture at the cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He became a creative and prolific classicist, based primarily in the Pittsburgh area. In this first monograph on Hornbostel, architectural historian Kidney (Pittsburgh's Bridges) makes it clear that Hornbostel deserves more attention. His firm won many national competitions for public buildings, planned Carnegie Mellon University, and designed scores of buildings throughout Allegheny County, PA. This detailed and well-produced book, with 470 illustrations (200 in color), brings Hornbostel alive as an architect of his time. Appendixes include a list of works, compiled by David J. Vater, and a list of associated architects and artists. Highly recommended for regional public and academic library collections.-David R. Conn, Surrey P.L., B.C. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.