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... purpose or character should be intelligibly ex- pressed . Most people build houses to live in , even to die in ; so let us be old - fashioned enough to demand a feeling of permanence , in spite of the growing popular- ity of " roll your ...
... purpose or character should be intelligibly ex- pressed . Most people build houses to live in , even to die in ; so let us be old - fashioned enough to demand a feeling of permanence , in spite of the growing popular- ity of " roll your ...
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... purpose and in the space de- manded ; convenience and privacy regulate the extent of the thoroughfares . To combine ... purposes , and parts ; right architectural proportions , qualitative and quanti- tative , in the spaces themselves ...
... purpose and in the space de- manded ; convenience and privacy regulate the extent of the thoroughfares . To combine ... purposes , and parts ; right architectural proportions , qualitative and quanti- tative , in the spaces themselves ...
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... purpose is efficien- cy -- the greatest possible good for the least expenditure of effort and money . Its basis is scientific planning-- of which , by the way , it has no monopoly . Ours being a machine age , the house is presumed to be ...
... purpose is efficien- cy -- the greatest possible good for the least expenditure of effort and money . Its basis is scientific planning-- of which , by the way , it has no monopoly . Ours being a machine age , the house is presumed to be ...
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... purpose . Last year I had occasion to look into the unit costs of proposed standards of floor and wall systems . My incom- plete file yielded about thirty . Just recently I found in a new book by Albert Bemis -- " The Evolving House --a ...
... purpose . Last year I had occasion to look into the unit costs of proposed standards of floor and wall systems . My incom- plete file yielded about thirty . Just recently I found in a new book by Albert Bemis -- " The Evolving House --a ...
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... saving grace , if any exists , lies in the purposes and ideals set forth ; for the feeling for beauty , whatever its form , is the one great tradi- tion which we all share . 72 5A56 A HALF - HOUR TALK ON HOUSE DESIGN 15.
... saving grace , if any exists , lies in the purposes and ideals set forth ; for the feeling for beauty , whatever its form , is the one great tradi- tion which we all share . 72 5A56 A HALF - HOUR TALK ON HOUSE DESIGN 15.
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