Architects to the Nation: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office

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Summary: A Rich and Engaging Story
Review: "For all of its output, the Supervising Architect's office is seldom given even a marginal place in historical assessments. Antoinette Lee's meticulously researched book may alter this situation. The contents bring to the fore a rich and engaging story of public works about which only a handful of specialists have known more than a few basic attributes. Drawing from federal archives, agency and congressional records, and architectural journals, she develops a detailed and definitive history....Lee has created an unusual and important volume that both adds a new perspective to the practice of architecture and underscores the vagarious dimensions that practice can acquire in service to the state." ---Richard Longstreth in the "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians," Volume 60, No. 2/June 2001, pp. 231-233.