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McKim, Mead, and White renovation of the Entrance Hall in 1924 during the administration of Calvin Coolidge. An 1882 photograph shows the Tiffany screen, Brumidi frescos, and encaustic tile floor. The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer) is the primary and formal entrance to the White House, the official residence of the president of the ...
Towards improving design of federal buildings in the United States, "the committee recommended architecture that would convey the 'dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American Government.' Designers and officials were encouraged to pay special attention to site selection and layout, including landscape development." [1]
By Steele Marcoux Federal home design style comes with another confusing name. In design, the word "federal" simply indicates the time period (1780–1820) when the style, known among architecture ...
The classicizing manner of constructions and town planning undertaken by the federal government was expressed in early federal projects of lighthouses, harbor buildings, universities, and hospitals. It can be seen in the rationalizing, urbanistic layout of L'Enfant Plan of Washington and in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 in New York. [3]
It is Federal in style. It was probably built between 1826 and 1850. [2] It is a two-story, five-bay brick central passage plan house, with brick laid in Flemish bond. Its interior includes simple Federal style mantels. It was described in 1984 as "one of the best examples in the county of Federal style architecture." [2]
The CVC contains three underground levels: a balcony level entrance, the Emancipation Hall (second) level and a third restricted level for new congressional offices and meeting rooms. The construction of the CVC represents the largest-ever expansion of the United States Capitol [ 7 ] and more than doubles the footprint of the U.S. Capitol ...
White House Entrance Hall at Christmastime during George W. Bush’s administration with the Grand Staircase on the left. The Grand Staircase is the chief stairway connecting the State Floor and the Second Floor of the White House , the official home of the president of the United States .
Central-passage house evolved primarily in colonial Maryland and Virginia from the hall and parlor house, beginning to appear in greater numbers by about 1700. [1] [2] It partially developed as greater economic security and developing social conventions transformed the reality of the American landscape, but it was also heavily influenced by its formal architectural relatives, the Palladian and ...