the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Luebke, Thomas E. editor. United States Commission of Fine Arts, issuing body. text bibliography dcu 2018 monographic eng

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245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm ONE: CIVIC ARCHITECTURE FOR A YOUNG NATION -- Victorian-Era Eclecticism in Washington / TWO: ALFRED B. MULLET AND THE SECOND EMPIRE STYLE -- The Supervising Architect of the Treasury -- Paris, London, and Cosmopolitan Style / THREE: DESIGN FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING -- Iron and Stone: 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 -- Daily Life Around a Monumental Building / SIX: 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 -- Epilogue edited by Thomas E. Luebke. Shipping list no.: 2018-0053-S. Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233). Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington, D.C.) History Public buildings Conservation and restoration Washington (D.C.) Public architecture Washington (D.C.) Pictorial works Buildings Washington (D.C.) Pictorial works NA4423.W3 P35 2018 FA1.2:EI8 FA1.2:EI8 9781625343628 1625343620 2018903867 GPO 180807 20250219170221.0 001053364 eng