Architectural Record, Volume 8Record and Guide, 1898 - Architecture |
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Page 232 - A work of art must have a beginning, a middle and an end; one thing must follow from another as 'inevitably...
Page 236 - Upon the whole the most successful of the sky-scrapers are those in which the shaft is made nothing of, in which the necessary openings occur at the necessary places, are justified by their necessity, but draw no attention to themselves. They become impressive not as units, but as a series, and this may be a very fine impressiveness. Rectangular holes are not pretty, but ten stories of them all alike are sure of making their effect. In the St. Paul, the unarchitecturesque fronts which the spectator...
Page 341 - There is a species of second-rate, genteel houses, that abound in New- York, into which I have looked when passing, with the utmost pleasure. They have, as usual, a story that is half sunk in the earth, receiving light from an area, and two floors above. The tenants of these buildings are chiefly merchants, or professional men, in moderate circumstances, who pay rents of from 300 to 500 dollars a year. You know that no American, who is at all comfortable in life, will share his dwelling with another....
Page 341 - I think the brilliancy of the climate, the freshness of the paint, and the exterior ornaments of the houses, contribute to the charm. There is a species of second-rate, genteel houses, that abound in New- York, into which I have looked when passing, with the utmost pleasure. They have, as usual, a story that is half sunk in the earth, receiving light from an area, and two floors above. The tenants of these buildings are chiefly merchants, or professional men, in moderate circumstances, who pay rents...
Page 229 - THE DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME By RODOLFO LANCIANI, DCL, Oxford; LL.D.. Harvard; Professor of Ancient Topography in the University of Rome. Rome, the fate of her buildings and masterpieces of art, is the subject of this profusely illustrated volume. Professor Lanciani gives us vivid pictures of the Eternal City at the close of the different periods of history.
Page 341 - These buildings are finished, and exceedingly well finished too, to the attics; containing, on the average, six rooms, besides offices, and servants' apartments. The furniture of these houses is often elegant, and always neat. Mahogany abounds here, and is commonly used for all the principal articles, and very frequently for doors, railings of stairs, &.c. &c. Indeed the whole world contributes to their luxury. French clocks, English and Brussels...
Page 228 - Book of studies in plant form, with some suggestions for their application to design...
Page 226 - Rising was a sea-port town When Lynn was but a marsh ; Now Lynn it is a sea-port town And Rising fares the worse.
Page 225 - Volume, demy 8vo, price i2.r. net. THE CASTLES OF ENGLAND: their Story and Structure, By Sir JAMES D. MACKENZIE, Bart. Dedicated by gracious permission to HM the Queen. In Two Volumes, Imperial 8vo, with 40 full-page Plates, and over 150 Illustrations in the Text and many Plans.