The Drawings of Architect Henry Hobson Richardson
See previously unpublished drawings by one of America's preeminent architects!
Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
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