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Physical description:
Number of pages: 22; Page numbers: 52-73
Place:
National Mall
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
March 2004
Category:
Smithsonian History Bibliography
Summary:
Argues that the design of the National Museum of Natural History in the first years of the twentieth century reveals divisions among architects and planners as to what was the appropriate style for buildings of national significance. They trace the evolution of the design from an ornate French influence in Hornblower and Marshall's first drawings to a more classical and simple Roman design prepared by Daniel Burnham and Charles McKim.
Contained within:
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 63, No. 1 (Journal)