THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxx - NOVEMBER 5, 1926 - Number 2508
CONTENTS
North Portal, Cathedral of Evreux. From the Original
Painting in Oils by...................................................Pieter Van Veen. Frontispiece
Traveling with a Fountain Pen...................................................Irving K. Pond, F. A. I. A. 349 Interior Architectural Alterations....................................................................................................^57 The New Season s Wallpapers............................................................................................................
Architecture and the Display of Merchandise...........................................................................362 Editorial Comment.................................................................................................................................................363 The Unit System as a Factor in Economical Construction Robert Tappan . . . . 365 How the SesqupCentennial Was Designed..............................John Molitor............................377 The Persia Building at the SesqupCentennial....................Carl A. Ziegler .... 383 The Pennsylvania State Building at the SesqupCentennial Ralph B. Benc\er . . . 384
PLATES
SesqupCentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa................................16 Plates
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxx - NOVEMBER 5, 1926 - Number 2508
CONTENTS
North Portal, Cathedral of Evreux. From the Original
Painting in Oils by...................................................Pieter Van Veen. Frontispiece
Traveling with a Fountain Pen...................................................Irving K. Pond, F. A. I. A. 349 Interior Architectural Alterations....................................................................................................^57 The New Season s Wallpapers............................................................................................................
Architecture and the Display of Merchandise...........................................................................362 Editorial Comment.................................................................................................................................................363 The Unit System as a Factor in Economical Construction Robert Tappan . . . . 365 How the SesqupCentennial Was Designed..............................John Molitor............................377 The Persia Building at the SesqupCentennial....................Carl A. Ziegler .... 383 The Pennsylvania State Building at the SesqupCentennial Ralph B. Benc\er . . . 384
PLATES
SesqupCentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa................................16 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,
Payable in New York Funds. Single copies (Regular Issues) 50 cents.