Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Construction of Certain Government Buildings in the District of Columbia .. Hearings .. on S. 1290 ... April 27, May 2 and 16, 1955
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Building Washington
Author: Robert J. KapschPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A richly illustrated behind-the-scenes tour of how the nation’s capital was built. In 1790, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set out to build a new capital for the United States of America in just ten years. The area they selected on the banks of the Potomac River, a spot halfway between the northern and southern states, had few resources or inhabitants. Almost everything needed to build the federal city would have to be brought in, including materials, skilled workers, architects, and engineers. It was a daunting task, and these American Founding Fathers intended to do it without congressional appropriation. Robert J. Kapsch’s beautifully illustrated book chronicles the early planning and construction of our nation’s capital. It shows how Washington, DC, was meant to be not only a government center but a great commercial hub for the receipt and transshipment of goods arriving through the Potomac Canal, then under construction. Picturesque plans would not be enough; the endeavor would require extensive engineering and the work of skilled builders. By studying an extensive library of original documents—from cost estimates to worker time logs to layout plans—Kapsch has assembled a detailed account of the hurdles that complicated this massive project. While there have been many books on the architecture and planning of this iconic city, Building Washington explains the engineering and construction behind it.
Construction of Certain Public Buildings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Buildings and GroundsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
2012 International Building Code
Author: International Code CouncilPublisher:
ISBN: 9781609830403
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers the latest regulations on designing and installing commercial and residential buildings.
Uniform Mechanical Code
Author: Library Of Congress
Author: John Y ColePublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393045635
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
At the turn of the century, Herbert Small, a newspaperman, wrote a guide to the building and its decoration. His text, edited by Henry Hope Reed, is reproduced here. It is preceded by introductory essays by historian and Librarian of Congress Emeritus Daniel J. Boorstin and noted writer Brendan Gill. The planning and construction of the building are detailed in John Y.
To Establish Certain Public Buildings Policies for the Federal Government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and GroundsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Construction Reports, Building Permits
Author: The Row House in Washington, DC
Author: Alison K. HoaglandPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813949467
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
With The Row House in Washington, DC, the architectural historian and preservationist Alison Hoagland turns the lucid prose style and keen analytical skill that characterize all her scholarship to the subject of the Washington row house. Row houses have long been an important component of the housing stock of many major American cities, predominantly sheltering the middle classes comprising clerks, tradespeople, and artisans. In Washington, with its plethora of government workers, they are the dominant typology of the historical city. Hoagland identifies six principal row house types—two-room, L-shaped, three-room, English-basement, quadrant, and kitchen-forward—and documents their wide-ranging impact, as sources of income and statements of attainment as well as domiciles for nuclear families or boarders, homeowners or renters, long tenancy or short stays. Through restrictive covenants on some house sales, they also illustrate the pervasive racism that has haunted the city. This topical study demonstrates at once the distinctive character of the Washington row house and the many similarities it shares with row houses in other mid-Atlantic cities. In a broader sense, it also shows how urban dwellers responded to a challenging concatenation of spatial, regulatory, financial, and demographic limitations, providing a historical model for new, innovative designs. Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Construction Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Construction industry
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Issues for 1955 accompanied by supplement: Construction volume and costs, 1915-1954.