Architects to the nation [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office / / Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William Seale

• Autore: Lee Antoinette J (Antoinette Josephine)
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 725/.1/0973
• Soggetto topico: Public buildings - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Prelude; 2 No Blueprint for the New Nation, 1789-1851; 3 The Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865; 4 Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874; 5 The Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894; 6 The Tarsney Act, Its Passage and Postponement in Implementation, 1893-1896; 7 Proponents of ""Academic Classicism," 1895-1925; 8 The Public Buildings Program in Eras of Affluence and Depression, 1926-1939; Epilogue: 1940-Present; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text traces the evolution and accomplishments of the office, that from 1852 until 1939 held a virtual monopoly over federal building design. Among its more memorable buildings are New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe.
• Titolo autorizzato: Architects to the nation
• ISBN: 1-280-53043-X; 0-19-535186-X; 1-4294-0135-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451321603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II