Suggested Readings for the “Power, Architecture, and Politics” Symposium
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Be TherePower, Architecture, and Politics: The Design of Washington and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts SymposiumMay 19, 2010 Daniel Libeskind May 19, 2010 Exhibitions
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One hundred years ago, Congress established the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts to guide the development of the nation’s capital. In this day-long symposium on May 19, 2010, noted historians discuss the design and planning of Washington, D.C. from 1910 to today, and the role played by the Commission in creating the national capital as we know it. Below are suggested readings available in the National Building Museum Shop:
AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC, G. Martin Moeller, Jr, The Johns Hopkins University Press, October 2006
Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington, DC from the Library of Congress, C. Ford Peatross & Evelyn Sinclair, November 2005
Designing the Nation’s Capital: The 1901 Plan for Washington, DC, Sue Kohler/Commission of
Fine Arts, distributed by the University of Mass Press, February 2007
Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, DC, Scott W. Berg, Vintage, February 2008
L’Enfant’s Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington, DC (Creating the North American Landscape),The Johns Hopkins University Press, Michael Bednar, March 2006
Monument Wars: Washington D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape, Kirk Savage, University of California Press, November 2009
The National Mall: Rethinking Washington’s Monumental Core, editors Nathan Glazer & Cynthia R. Field, The Johns Hopkins University Press, June 2008
Paris on the Potomac: The French Influence on the Architecture & Art of Washington, DC, Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay, & Thomas Somma, Ohio University Press, November 2007
Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation’s Capital, James M Goode, The Johns Hopkins University Press, January 2009
Washington from the Ground Up, James H.S. McGregor, Harvard University Press, October 2007
Washington Seen: A Photographic History, 1875-1965. Miller, Fredric and Howard Gillette, Jr. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Washington through Two Centuries, Joseph Passonneau, Monacelli Press, June 2004
Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC from L’Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission, Frederick Gutheim & Antoinette J Lee, The Johns Hopkins University Press, November 2006
