History of the United States Capitol : a chronicle of design, construction, and politics / prepared under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol by William C. Allen. by Allen, William C. (William Charles), 1950-

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Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol / introduction and annotations by William B. Bushong ; prepared by the Architect of the Capitol for the United States Capitol Pre... by Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932

Forty years of landscape architecture: Central Park [by] Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. / Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. by Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

“…Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, 1822-1903.…”

Great houses of Chicago, 1871-1921 / by Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen ; foreword by Franz Schulze and Arthur H. Miller. by Benjamin, Susan S.

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Diplomatic departures : the Conservative era in Canadian foreign policy, 1984-93 / edited by Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal.

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An Alaska anthology : interpreting the past / edited by Stephen W. Haycox and Mary Childers Mangusso.

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The Gateway Arch : a biography / Tracy Campbell. by Campbell, Tracy, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Louis Municipal Parking Lot -- A Peculiarly Happy Form -- The Architect -- The Laughingstock of the World -- "Got It Made" -- Expendable Culture -- Symbol and Symptom.…”
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Enlightening the world : the creation of the Statue of Liberty / Yasmin Sabina Khan. by Khan, Yasmin Sabina

Table of Contents: “…The idea -- A champion of liberty -- Bonds of friendship -- The French sculptor -- Bartholdi's tour of America and the American architect -- Washington, D.C., as a national symbol -- Bartholdi's design -- The statue takes shape -- The American committee and the French engineers -- Hunt designs a pedestal -- Fundraising and a visionary sonnet -- The unveiling.…”
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Enlightening the world : the creation of the Statue of Liberty / Yasmin Sabina Khan. by Khan, Yasmin Sabina

Table of Contents: “…The idea -- A champion of liberty -- Bonds of friendship -- The French sculptor -- Bartholdi's tour of America and the American architect -- Washington, D.C., as a national symbol -- Bartholdi's design -- The statue takes shape -- The American committee and the French engineers -- Hunt designs a pedestal -- Fundraising and a visionary sonnet -- The unveiling.…”

Charlevoix : two centuries at Murray Bay / Philippe Dubé in collaboration with the photographer Jacques Blouin ; preface by Timothy Porteous ; translated by Tony Martin-Sperry. by Dubé, Philippe, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A COUNTRY -- The Land of Landscapes -- A Mixture of France and Scotland -- Charlevoix -- HOLIDAYS -- Destination Murray Bay -- Summer Resort Life: A New Art of Living -- VILLAS ON THE CLIFF -- Jean-Charles Warren, Master Builder -- The Architects -- Summer Resort Architecture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits…”
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Hidden history of Boston / Dina Vargo. by Vargo, Dina

Table of Contents: “…Europe and America: The Architecture and Art of the Boston Public Library: McKim, Mead & White, Architects (1895); Architecture as Acropolis.…”
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It happened in Miami, the Magic City : an oral history / Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer. by Frommer, Myrna, Frommer, Harvey

Table of Contents: “…Preservation of Art Deco: an overnight twenty-five year success -- Everything started happening in the eighties -- Along Ocean Drive: the News Café, the Versace story, and the return of the models -- Dancing up a storm at Mango's -- It's not all about Ocean Drive: what happened on Lincoln Road -- Postwar glamour -- Morris Lapidus: architect of joy -- Early days -- Still the segregated south -- A little beyond the law -- Ali and the Fifth Street gym -- Looking through a lens of culture -- A beautiful friendship: Jeff Lehman and the Betsy Hotel -- The Jewish presence -- The Cuban impact -- Mini memoirs.…”
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The capitol of Virginia : a landmark of American architecture / by Fiske Kimball ; edited by John Kukla ; assisted by Martha C. Vick and Sarah Shields Driggs. by Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955

Westmoreland and Portland places : the history and architecture of America's premier private streets, 1888-1988 / by Julius K. Hunter ; foreword by James Neal Primm ; essay on the... by Hunter, Julius K.

Resurrecting Tenochtitlan : imagining the Aztec capital in modern Mexico City / Delia Cosentino and Adriana Zavala. by Cosentino, Delia, Zavala, Adriana

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World of trouble : a Philadelphia Quaker family's journey through the American Revolution / Richard Godbeer. by Godbeer, Richard

Table of Contents: “…"The Cause of Humanity, as Well as Our Interest": In Which Henry Drinker Reinvents Himself as a Moral Architect -- 7. "Times Are Much Changed, and Maids Are Become Mistresses": In Which Elizabeth Drinker Tries to Fend Off a Domestic Revolution -- 8. …”
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The Maya of modernism : art, architecture, and film / Jesse Lerner. by Lerner, Jesse

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On history's trail : speeches and essays by the Texas State Historian, 2009-2012 / Light Townsend Cummins ; foreword by Larry McNeill. by Cummins, Light Townsend

Table of Contents: “…Weddle, and a living legacy of service -- Roscoe Dewitt: Sam Rayburn's architect -- Remembering John Nance Garner and Dolph Briscoe -- The nature of Texas History: Myth and Texas history -- Historical interpretation and Texas history.…”
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Sweet cane : the architecture of the sugar works of East Florida / Lucy B. Wayne. by Wayne, Lucy B. (Lucy Bowles), 1947-

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The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence / Robert Klara. by Klara, Robert

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