Architects to the Nation

The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
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Author: Antoinette J. Lee ISBN: 9780190284497
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: April 20, 2000
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Antoinette J. Lee
ISBN: 9780190284497
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: April 20, 2000
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

This unique book 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 the Italianate U.S. Mint in Carson City, the huge granite pile of the State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C., the towering U.S. Post Office in Nashville, New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and such "restorations" as the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. In tracing the evolution of the Office and its creative output, Antoinette J. Lee evokes the nation's considerable efforts to achieve an appropriate civic architecture.

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This unique book 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 the Italianate U.S. Mint in Carson City, the huge granite pile of the State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C., the towering U.S. Post Office in Nashville, New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and such "restorations" as the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. In tracing the evolution of the Office and its creative output, Antoinette J. Lee evokes the nation's considerable efforts to achieve an appropriate civic architecture.

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