Palace of state : the Eisenhower Executive Office Building / edited by Thomas E. Luebke

Additional Titles:: Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Published:: Washington, District of Columbia : U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, [2018]
Amherst & Boston : University of Massachusetts Press
Physical Description:: 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 29 cm
Additional Creators:: Luebke, Thomas E. and United States. Commission of Fine Arts

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One.Civic Architecture for a Young Nation -- Victorian-Era Eclecticism In Washington -- Two.Alfred B. Mullett and The Second Empire Style -- The Supervising Architect Of The Treasury -- Paris, London, And A Cosmopolitan Style -- Three.Design For A New Executive Office Building -- Iron And Stone: Exterior Architectural Details -- Pattern And Polychromy! Interior Design And The Mid-Victorian Era -- Four.Construction Of A Titan -- Advancing Technologies: Fireproof Construction And Mechanized Stonecutting -- Five.The State, War And Navy Building -- International Chronometry And Mapping -- Six.Daily Life Around A Monumental Building -- Decades Of Changing Fortunes -- Decorated With Military History -- Notable Figures At State, War, And Navy -- Seven.Executive Offices For The President -- Press Conferences In The Eob -- Presidential Recreation -- Eight.A Masterpiece Reborn.

Report Numbers:

FA 1.2:EI 8

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ISBN:

9781625343628
1625343620

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Shipping list no.: 2018-0053-S.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233).

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