Title & Author:

Capital drawings : architectural designs for Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress / edited by C. Ford Peatross ; with the assistance of Pamela Scott, Diane Tepfer, and Leslie Freudenheim.

Publication:

Baltimore ; Washington, D.C. : The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2005.

Description:

x, 253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
From the Washingtoniana II project of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Washington, D.C. : from L'Enfant's dream to edge city / C. Ford Peatross -- The United States Capitol : icon of the republic / Damie Stillman -- The White House : seat of the presidency / William Seale -- Building for business : commercial architecture in metropolitan Washington / Richard Longstreth -- Twentieth-century housing : single-family residences, apartment buildings, and planned communities / Gwendolyn Wright -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial : grateful memory, lost bravado / Pamela Scott.

Summary:

"Over the past ten years, the Library of Congress has catalogued more than forty thousand drawings, prints, and photographs that capture important developments in the growth of Washington, D.C., and its greater metropolitan area, including Virginia and Maryland. This volume, a guide to the library's massive collection, offers an introduction to its content and a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital." "Capital Drawings features some of Washington's most important buildings, monuments, and memorials - the United States Capitol, the White House, and the Vietnam Memorial - as well as anonymous structures of everyday life and ambitious projects that were never built. These newly available documents tell the story of the capital's planning and growth."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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ISBN:

0801872324 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801872327 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington <DC> / Library of Congress.
Architectural drawing Washington (D.C.)
Architecture Washington (D.C.) Designs and plans.
Dessin d'architecture Washington (D.C.)
Architecture Washington (D.C.) Dessins et plans.
Architectural drawing
Architecture
Buildings
Architekturzeichnung
Washington
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.) Constructions.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington <Motiv>

Form/genre:

Bildband.
Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Peatross, C. Ford, editor.
Scott, Pamela, 1944- editor.
Tepfer, Diane, editor.
Freudenheim, Leslie Mandelson, 1941- editor.
Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242280
Call No.: BIB 172087
Status: Available