Aia Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.c. - Couverture souple

Moeller Jr. Jr., G. Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 142140270X ISBN 13 : 9781421402703

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington, D.C.'s, most important landmarks. Organized into 19 discrete tours, this thoroughly redesigned and updated edition includes 45 new entries, encompassing the House of Sweden and the U.S. Institute of Peace, classic buildings that epitomize the city-the White House, the Capitol, Union Station-and a number of private buildings off the beaten path. G. Martin Moeller, Jr., blends informed, concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark, revealing often-surprising details of the buildings' history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structure's location, its architects and designers, and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to an easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour. From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park, from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes, this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

G. Martin Moeller, Jr. (WASHINGTON, DC), is an independent curator and writer and the editor of ArchitectureDC. He is the author of The Favrot Family of Louisiana: A History over Three Centuries and the coeditor of Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 142140270X
• ISBN 13: 9781421402703
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible