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1 Walter, Thomas Ustick
(1804-1887) Уолтер, Томас ЮстикАрхитектор, приверженец неоклассицизма и неоготики. В 1851-65 - архитектор Капитолия [ Architect of the Capitol]. Наиболее известен как автор проектов купола (1855-65) и крыльев Сената и Палаты представителей Капитолия [ Capitol]. Ученик У. Стрикленда [ Strickland, William]. Среди других работ - здания колледжа Жирарда [Girard College] (1833-47) и Биддл-хауз [Biddle house, "Andalusia"] (1834) в г. Филадельфии.English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Walter, Thomas Ustick
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2 Architect of the Capitol
Чиновник Конгресса США [ Congress, U.S.], возглавляющий управление, отвечающее за содержание в порядке здания и технического оборудования Капитолия [ Capitol], Библиотеки Конгресса [ Library of Congress], других административных зданий в ведении Конгресса, Верховного Суда [ Supreme Court, U.S.], Ботанического сада США [ United States Botanic Garden] в г. Вашингтоне. Также отвечает за сохранность многочисленных произведений искусства в этих зданиях, частично - за проведение церемонии инаугурации [ inauguration]. Должность учреждена в 1793. Среди известных архитекторов, занимавших этот пост - Б. Латроуб [ Latrobe, Benjamin Henry] (1803-1807), Ч. Булфинч [ Bulfinch, Charles] (1818-29), Т. Уолтер [ Walter, Thomas Ustick] (1851-65)тж Architect of the CongressEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Architect of the Capitol
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