AIA guide to the architecture of Washington, D.C. /
Third Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers -- 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore [Md.] :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2012
Baltimore, MD : c2012 Baltimore, MD : [2012] |
| Edition: | 5th ed |
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| Summary: | Third Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers -- 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 "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, 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."--Page 4 of cover |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm viii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1421402696 (alk. paper) 1421402696 (hardback : alk. paper) 1421402696 142140270X (pbk. : alk. paper) 142140270X : PAP 142140270X 1421406268 (electronic) 1421406268 9781421402697 (alk. paper) 9781421402697 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781421402697 9781421402703 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781421402703 : PAP 9781421402703 9781421406268 (electronic) 9781421406268 |