THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxixJUNE 5, 1926Number 2498
CONTENTS
Church of San Vicente, Avila........................................................................Frontispiece A Spanish Interlude........................................Walter H. Kilham, F. A. I. A............. 571 The Pictorial Aspect of Old English Towns. William Pitkin, Jr.,
Seward H. Mott..............................578 Editorial Comment...........................................................................................................583 “Gaudeamus” — A House in
Bilthoven, Holland....................................Frants E. Röntgen .......................... 585 Economic Advantages of Good
Architecture and Decoration.....................................................................................589 Electric Power for Buildings.........................E. B. Dawson .................................. 597
PLATES
University Club, Milwaukee, Wis....................John Russell Pope....................... 4 Plates House of J. L. Kendall, Pittsburgh, Pa.... M. Nirdlinger.......................... 3 Plates Auditorium for Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.. John Mead Howells................ 1 Plate Arsenal Building, Seventh Avenue, New York Buchman & Kahn...................4 Plates Broadway and 73RD Street Branch, United
States Mortgage 6s? Trust Co., New York. Henry O. Chapman................ 2 Plates Lend-A-Hand Club, Davenport, Iowa.... Clausen & Kruse .......................................................... 2 Plates
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxixJUNE 5, 1926Number 2498
CONTENTS
Church of San Vicente, Avila........................................................................Frontispiece A Spanish Interlude........................................Walter H. Kilham, F. A. I. A............. 571 The Pictorial Aspect of Old English Towns. William Pitkin, Jr.,
Seward H. Mott..............................578 Editorial Comment...........................................................................................................583 “Gaudeamus” — A House in
Bilthoven, Holland....................................Frants E. Röntgen .......................... 585 Economic Advantages of Good
Architecture and Decoration.....................................................................................589 Electric Power for Buildings.........................E. B. Dawson .................................. 597
PLATES
University Club, Milwaukee, Wis....................John Russell Pope....................... 4 Plates House of J. L. Kendall, Pittsburgh, Pa.... M. Nirdlinger.......................... 3 Plates Auditorium for Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.. John Mead Howells................ 1 Plate Arsenal Building, Seventh Avenue, New York Buchman & Kahn...................4 Plates Broadway and 73RD Street Branch, United
States Mortgage 6s? Trust Co., New York. Henry O. Chapman................ 2 Plates Lend-A-Hand Club, Davenport, Iowa.... Clausen & Kruse .......................................................... 2 Plates
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, Inc.
E. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY, Vice-President Publication, Editorial and Advertising Offices: 239 West 39TH Street, New York City
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
London Office: DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Regent Street, S. W. I.
Yearly Subscription in the United States and Possessions, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, Six Dollars. Other Countries, Eight Dollars,
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