VOL. CXX
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
CONTENTS
OCTOBER 12. 1921NUMBER 2378
Fifth Century Sarcophagus, Ravenna, Italy............................................... Frontispiece The Hambidge Theory of Symmetry and Proportion in Greek Architecture As Relat
ing to Architectural Design...................................James A. Kane ................... 261 Architectural Acoustics, Part II...................................Paul E. Sabine ................. 266 Editorial Comment............................................................................................................................. 271 Department of Specifications.................................................................................................... 283 Department of Architectural Engineering.................................................................... 287 The American Specification Institute................................................................................. 295 Personals .................................................................................................................................................. 298
Plates
First Baptist Church, Providence. From the
Drawing .................................................................................0. R. Eggers .................1 plate French and Italian Details, Wrought Iron
Grille, Loggia dei Mebcati, Siena, Italy ... .Pi. M. Blackall .............2 plates IldtisE of William Ladd, Cedarhurst, L. I. Xew
York...........................................................................................Peabody, Wilson & Brown and Carroll W.
Ladd, Associate ...........7 plates House of II. W. Bell, Ardsley, Xew York.............Arthur L. Harmon . . .3 plates House of Chapin S. Pratt, Lawrence Park
West, X. Y..............................................................................Bates & How ..................5 plates Garage of W. A. Bostwick, Lawrence Park
West, X. Y............................................................................Bates & How ...................1 plate Xo. 1 Broadway............................................................................Walter B. Chamber, F.
A. I. A...............................4 plates
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
CONTENTS
OCTOBER 12. 1921NUMBER 2378
Fifth Century Sarcophagus, Ravenna, Italy............................................... Frontispiece The Hambidge Theory of Symmetry and Proportion in Greek Architecture As Relat
ing to Architectural Design...................................James A. Kane ................... 261 Architectural Acoustics, Part II...................................Paul E. Sabine ................. 266 Editorial Comment............................................................................................................................. 271 Department of Specifications.................................................................................................... 283 Department of Architectural Engineering.................................................................... 287 The American Specification Institute................................................................................. 295 Personals .................................................................................................................................................. 298
Plates
First Baptist Church, Providence. From the
Drawing .................................................................................0. R. Eggers .................1 plate French and Italian Details, Wrought Iron
Grille, Loggia dei Mebcati, Siena, Italy ... .Pi. M. Blackall .............2 plates IldtisE of William Ladd, Cedarhurst, L. I. Xew
York...........................................................................................Peabody, Wilson & Brown and Carroll W.
Ladd, Associate ...........7 plates House of II. W. Bell, Ardsley, Xew York.............Arthur L. Harmon . . .3 plates House of Chapin S. Pratt, Lawrence Park
West, X. Y..............................................................................Bates & How ..................5 plates Garage of W. A. Bostwick, Lawrence Park
West, X. Y............................................................................Bates & How ...................1 plate Xo. 1 Broadway............................................................................Walter B. Chamber, F.
A. I. A...............................4 plates
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
PUBLICATION OFFICES: STAMFORD, CONN.
Editorial and Advertising Offices: 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY, Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
ERNEST McCULLOUGH, C. E., Associate Editor
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS . H. M. SWETLAND G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY RALPH REINHOLD
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
Yearly Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Six Dollars. Canada, Seven Dollars. Other Countries, Eight Dollars, payable in New York Funds. Single Copies (Regular Issues) 35 cents.