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Autore: | Lee Antoinette J (Antoinette Josephine) |
Titolo: | Architects to the nation : the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office / / Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William Seale |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 725/.1/0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Public buildings - United States |
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: | 0-19-771144-8 |
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.: | 9910784989203321 |
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