Cambridge, MA. The MIT Press, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. Bibliography. Illustrations Sources. Index. Illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is in a plastic sleeve. Name of previous owner and date on fep. Foreword by Nancy Hanks. Introduction by Bill N. Lacy. The contents include Prologue; Beginnings: "A Model...Scientifically Chaste"; American Temples and Needful Buildings; The Search for Order; The Embellishment of Pride: The Aggrandizement of Power; Starved Classicism, The Legacy of Crisis; The Most Gigantic Business on Earth; and Epilogue. Lois Craig was an associate dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT in the 1980s and early 1990s. A trusted and valued adviser to many architecture students and graduates during her years at MIT, Craig was respected for her intellectual contributions to her field as much as for her understanding of administrative issues. Before coming to MIT in 1978, Craig was director of the Federal Architecture Project at the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. government’s effort to improve federal building programs. In that pioneering role she contributed to the development of new designer-selection procedures, new legislation governing public building and the first comprehensive history of federal government architecture. The Federal Presence: Architecture, Politics and National Design — developed with the staff of the Federal Architecture Project. She had served with for the National Urban Coalition interpreting the impact of legislation, court decision, government programs and local initiatives on land use and housing opportunities. More