The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919 Number 2290
Contents
Symmetry and Proportion in Greek Art—By Jay Hambidge . . 597 Art Stoops to Conquer ... ...... 606 Editorial Comment-. ......... 607
Current News . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Financial Digest ..... ..... 613
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Gateway, Pavia
Competition for the Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York (9 plates)
Department of Architectural Engineering
Successful Building in Stucco . . . . . . 615
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Vice-President
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EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
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Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919 Number 2290
Contents
Symmetry and Proportion in Greek Art—By Jay Hambidge . . 597 Art Stoops to Conquer ... ...... 606 Editorial Comment-. ......... 607
Current News . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Financial Digest ..... ..... 613
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Gateway, Pavia
Competition for the Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York (9 plates)
Department of Architectural Engineering
Successful Building in Stucco . . . . . . 615
Published Every Wednesday by
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS
President and Treasurer
WILLARD C. HOWE
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER. Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers Building, Page A. Robinson, Western Manager
CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. ST. LOUIS, Arcade Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St. Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries,
Twelve Dollars, Payable in New York Funds. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice- President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.