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. - Baltimore ; Washington, D.C. : The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2005. - x, 253 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

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.

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

2004025490

GBA571523 bnb

013279282 Uk


Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.
Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.


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.


Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.)--Constructions.

NA 2695 / C244 2005

720/.22/2753