robert mills: america's first architect by bryan
the first architect trained in america, robert mills is best known as the designer of many iconic buildings in our nation's capital: the washington monument, the department of treasury headquarters, the patent office building (now national portrait gallery), and the post office headquarters. mills, whose career spanned the period 1810 to 1855, was a colleague of james hoban, architect of the white house, and thomas jefferson, designer of monticello and the university of virginia. with this circle of friends, mills was instrumental in creating the physical design of the new republic.

beautifully illustrated throughout, this is first complete monograph on the founding father of american architecture.

11.3 x 9 inches, 320 pages, hardcover, full color