Cram & Ferguson, Goriansky continued studying at MIT for his master's degree in architecture, which he received in 1925. With Cram & Ferguson he worked on the designs for the walls of the Baptistry of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. By 1929 he was working with Cross & Cross in New York City. Notable projects of that period include working on the City Bank-Farmers Trust skyscraper in Manhattan, New York (20 Exchange Place) and being instrumental in the exterior design of the upper half of the building and the concept of the flat top, among the first in NYC. At the time of completion it was the tallest stone clad building in the world. In 1955, Goriansky designed a family summer home at Pebble Beach, on Peabody Drive, in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Artist With the onset of the Great Depression, Goriansky's professional career as an architect would come to a close. He would spend 1932-1934 studying at Harvard and receiving his master's in Fine Arts, and then traveling, studying, and sketching in Europe between 1934 and 1936. Between 1936 and 1956 he worked as a professional artist drawing and painting a diverse body of work. Ranging from spiritual and biblical themes, to still lifes, landscapes, figure studies and architectural renderings, signing his works LVG. During this period he published: 1938 - The Fine Arts: Some Thoughts on Higher Education: A Resume of Personal Experience and Investigations, Search for Truth. La Merite Francaise, Paris (prize). 1941 - Haghia Sophia: Research in the Line of Dynamic Philosophy as to the Nature of the Great Enigma. (Andhra Research University Pamphlets, Vizianagaram City, South India). Works Personal life In 1927 in New York City, Goriansky married Carola Eliot from Brookline, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Eliot and Mary Yale Pitkin from Philadelphia (1865–1946); the marriage produced two sons. In 1942 the couple purchased 148 Main Street in Andover Massachusetts, where the family lived until 1990. References Further reading Museum links Farnsworth Art Museum Worcester Art Museum Harvard Art Museums MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni Harvard University alumni 1894 births 1967 deaths Imperial Russian Navy personnel Imperial Academy of Arts alumni 20th-century American painters 20th-century American architects White Russian emigrants