About the Book

""Joseph Urban" is a lavish celebration of this prolific artist, architect, and designer, whose accomplishments include magnificent Art Deco buildings, spectacular Ziegfeld Follies productions, and dramatic sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) began his career as an architect and artist in Vienna before moving to America in 1911. In 1914 he moved to New York, where he ultimately signed on as set designer of the Metropolitan Opera. He also became immersed in an astonishing array of outside projects, designing nightclubs, hotel lounges, skyscrapers, theaters, stage and film sets, and even children's books. Though his creative output was immense, little remains of his work except the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, and the New School and the base of the Hearst Tower in New York.
Praise for "Joseph Urban"
"a trove of his luminous renderings and photos" --"Elle Decor""

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 223 pages

Language: English

Publisher: ABRAMS

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 0810990261

Publication Date: Oct. 1st, 2010

ISBN-13: 9780810990265

Dimensions: 9.80 x 11.28 x 1.03 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.45 lbs

• Categories: Architecture Essays General Artists Artists, Architects & Photographers Biographies & Autobiographies