Architects to the nation : the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office / / Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William Seale
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| Autore: |
Lee Antoinette J (Antoinette Josephine)
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| Titolo: |
Architects to the nation : the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office / / Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William Seale
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 725/.1/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public buildings - United States |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2000. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Architects to the nation |
| ISBN: | 0-19-028449-8 |
| 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.: | 9910820665903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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