AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC

G. Martin Moeller, Jr.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
13 September 2022

The Arts: General & Reference; Architecture; Local history

"""The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be.""—Mid-Atlantic Country

This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 450 of Washington, DC's, most noteworthy buildings and monuments. Organized into 19 discrete walking tours, plus one general tour of peripheral sites, this thoroughly revised sixth edition features projects ranging from early federal landmarks to twenty-first-century commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. It includes some 80 new entries covering dozens of recently completed buildings, along with some historic structures that may have been overlooked in the past. The guide also has updated maps, and many existing entries have been rewritten to reflect recent renovations, changes to the buildings' contexts, or additional scholarship.

G. Martin Moeller, Jr., blends informed, concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark, revealing surprising details of the buildings' history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structure's location, its architects and designers, and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to an easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour.

From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park, from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes, this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar. The additions and revisions incorporated into the latest edition illuminate broader demographic and physical changes in the city, including the emergence of new neighborhoods and the redevelopment of once-neglected areas."

By: G. Martin Moeller Jr.
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: sixth edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781421443850
ISBN 10: 1421443856
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 13 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

G. Martin Moeller, Jr. (WASHINGTON, DC), is an independent curator and writer and the editor of ArchitectureDC. He is the author of The Favrot Family of Louisiana: A History over Three Centuries and the coeditor of Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete.

Reviews for AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC

A cherished local handbook to the architectural history of the District. -- Washington Post A new guidebook to the capital city's architecture brings powerful evidence of the continuing evolution of Washington's streetscape. -- Washington Post Accessible to architects and tourists alike, and perhaps especially locals. -- Roll Call The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be. -- Mid-Atlantic Country This handsomely illustrated guide covers not only the monuments of the Mall but also the diplomatic chateaux lining Massachusetts Avenue, NW; the churches, parks, and other monumental architecture that climb up Meridian Hill; and the 'brutalism on a grand scale' that characterizes the new FBI building and other bureaucratic monstrosities. -- Washington Times