Architects to the nation
Subtitle: the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office
By: Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William Seale.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of Supervising Architect.; Public buildings -- United States -- Designs and plans.
Description: "Architects to the Nation provides the first comprehensive history of the Office of the Supervising Architect, the organization that designed federal government buildings from the early 1850s to the late 1930s. Author Antoinette J. Lee examines the evolution of the Office, traces its creative output, and describes the public relations battles between the government architects and the architects in private practice.

The result is a unique and authoritative study of the nation's efforts to achieve an appropriate civic architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index.