AIA guide to the architecture of Washington, D.C., 4th ed.0801884675 AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture guide to the architecture of Washington, D.C., 4th ed. Moeller, G. Martin. Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. U. Press 2006 379 pages $35.00 Hardcover NA735 This rewritten and updated edition of the guide to Washington D.C. architecture also includes added entries on the National Museum of the American Indian National Museum of the American Indian, institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the Smithsonian Institution. and other places. Provided are walking tours of Capitol Hill, the Mall, Judiciary Square/Gallery Place, Pennsylvania Avenue, downtown, the White House/Lafayette Square, Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. , and other areas, with each citing several places, their location, names of architects and designers, dates of completion, and a brief description. Maps and b&w photos are provided. Information was drawn from documents of the Historic American Buildings Survey
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey , institutional archives, local governmental agencies, and articles and books. Moeller is a curator at the National Building Museum and former executive director of the Washington Chapter of the America Institute of Architects. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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