Architects to the nation: the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office
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1. Verfasser: Lee, Antoinette J., (Antoinette Josephine) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2000
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index
Foreword - William Seale -- - Prelude -- - No blueprint for the new nation, 1789-1851 -- - The Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865 -- - Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874 -- - The Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894 -- - The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896 -- - Proponents of "Academic Classicism," 1895-1925 -- - The public buildings program in eras of affluence and depression, 1926-1939 -- - Epilogue: 1940
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 336 p.)
ISBN:0195128222
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1429401354
9780195128222
9780195351866
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