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William Gibbs McAdoo, the Secretary of the Treasury from 1913 to 1918, and the Supervising Architect at the time, James A. Wetmore promoted standardization of government building design. They instituted the policy that buildings were to be designed with "scale, materials and finishes" that directly reflected their "location, prominence and income".
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places (15 C, 1 P) Former government buildings in the United States (5 C, 3 P) Government buildings in Washington, D.C. (7 C, 6 P)
House of Representatives; previously met at the Old Congress Building from 1926 to 1972, now the National Museum of Fine Arts. GSIS Building: 1997 Senate; previously met at the Old Congress Building from 1926 to 1935, from 1949 to 1972, and from 1987 to 1997, now the National Museum of Fine Arts. A new building in planned. Singapore: Parliament ...
Post office buildings in the United States (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Buildings of the United States government" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
In Salem, Massachusetts, there are numerous examples of American colonial architecture and Federal architecture in two historic districts: Chestnut Street District, which is part of the Samuel McIntire Historic District containing 407 buildings, and the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, consisting of 12 historic structures and about 9 acres (4 ha) of land along the waterfront.
Largest office buildings by total area Building City Country Floor area (m 2) Height (ft) Height (m) Floors Year Employees Surat Diamond Bourse: Surat, Gujarat India: 660,000 268 81.9 15 2023 65,000 [1] The Pentagon: Arlington, Virginia United States: 620,000 77 23.5 7 1943 26,000 [2] Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center: Auburn ...
Daguerreotype of the Capitol, c. 1846. Construction of the Capitol began in 1792. When built, it was the only existing building for the use by the nation's legislature.In addition to Congress, the building was also designed to house the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, the district courts, and other offices.
As a result, many of the city's government buildings and museums built between the 1950s and 1980s are in the Brutalist motif. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft, the Hirshhorn Museum on the National Mall is perhaps the most famous of these. This building is a perfectly symmetrical circular concrete structure with an internal courtyard.