THE PUBLISHERS’ PAGE
LET us remind you, in case you are contemplating a trip abroad this Summer, that our London office is in Dorland House, 14 Regent Street, S. W. 1. We are thoroughly organized there to afford you any service that you may require. If you take your own car along, our people at Dorland House will secure the necessary license and attend to all other details. If you want to rent one for the season, the service will be equally efficient. Dorland House will help you to map out the routes that will be of interest, and give you specific instructions as to hotels, etc. If you pass through New York en route, we would like you to call on us. We can then tell you more fully how helpful this foreign service is. This feature is one of the many services THE American Architect freely offers subscribers.
The Washington, D. C., Cathedral is now advanced to a stage where an article describing the progress of that stately structure will be of interest. It will be recalled that Philip Hubert Frohman, of the architectural firm of Frohman, Robb & Little, contributed an article which appeared in our issue of April 22, 1925, describing the building’s progress up to that time. The new crypt chapels of the Cathedral are all but completed and will be soon ready for photographing. Mr. Frohman will contribute an article describing and illustrating this important work. The progress of the work on the superstructure and choir has also reached a point where a series of illustrations can be made, which will admirably supplement Mr. Frohman’s first articles. Look for these articles and illustrations in early issues.
Subscribers to THE American ARCHITECT should bear in mind that it is the only architectural journal published twice monthly. This enables prompter publication of new features and a larger number of subjects than monthly magazines in the field. The two sections, Topical Architecture and Buildings of Moderate Cost, now permanent features of every issue, have been received with much favor. Both departments are features of practical interest and make every issue an interesting and valuable one to subscribers.
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No type of building has received more careful consideration in planning and equipment than schoolhouses. It is proposed to make our issue of August 5th a schoolhouse issue. This will not be a special issue, as such are often presented in architectural magazines, but a record of new buildings. There will be no reprinting of old plates that first saw the light five to ten years ago, but there will be
new schoolhouses and those that embody the best features of their type.
Many of our readers recognize that the service of The American Architect s organization does not end with the publication of articles and illustrations of interest to the architectural profession. Through numerous contacts and a sympathetic understanding of the problems that confront architects, the service department of this journal is often able to render personal assistance difficult to obtain through any other agency. Those architects who have had occasion to judge of this service need only to be reminded that we are here to serve. For those who might have availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the Service Department, but did not or who may have occasion to do so in the future, the following incident will be of interest and serve as an illustration of the service that may be expected.
On May 24th an architect located in a city of 10,000 population wrote that he had a small but unusual job on which he desired to use a small quantity of a certain decorative material. His own efforts to obtain the material or even information relative to where it could be obtained had been unsuccessful. The request contained definite information as to exactly what was required, and indicated that time was an important element. Immediately upon receipt of the letter on May 25 th, an investigation was begun that disclosed that the material of domestic manufacture was made to specific order only and would require about two months for delivery, but that small quantities were often imported from Europe. There were two possible courses through which the material could be immediately obtained: first to locate an available quantity through an importer or second a contractor who might have a small quantity on hand from a completed job. The first importer, interviewed as being the most likely, was found to have small lots of this material on hand. On May 26th we forwarded prices, illustrations and a description of the materials selected and available in New York. On May 27th the architect sent the following telegram—“Very much pleased with your selection and have ordered ----------by wire from -----------. Have given your name as reference.” The Service Department immediately telephoned the importer to ascertain whether he had received the telegram and sufficient shipping instructions. We were assured that the telegram had been received and that the material would be shipped as soon as it could be crated. Three days had elapsed between the request and its fulfillment. The material was received promptly and the work completed on time.
LET us remind you, in case you are contemplating a trip abroad this Summer, that our London office is in Dorland House, 14 Regent Street, S. W. 1. We are thoroughly organized there to afford you any service that you may require. If you take your own car along, our people at Dorland House will secure the necessary license and attend to all other details. If you want to rent one for the season, the service will be equally efficient. Dorland House will help you to map out the routes that will be of interest, and give you specific instructions as to hotels, etc. If you pass through New York en route, we would like you to call on us. We can then tell you more fully how helpful this foreign service is. This feature is one of the many services THE American Architect freely offers subscribers.
The Washington, D. C., Cathedral is now advanced to a stage where an article describing the progress of that stately structure will be of interest. It will be recalled that Philip Hubert Frohman, of the architectural firm of Frohman, Robb & Little, contributed an article which appeared in our issue of April 22, 1925, describing the building’s progress up to that time. The new crypt chapels of the Cathedral are all but completed and will be soon ready for photographing. Mr. Frohman will contribute an article describing and illustrating this important work. The progress of the work on the superstructure and choir has also reached a point where a series of illustrations can be made, which will admirably supplement Mr. Frohman’s first articles. Look for these articles and illustrations in early issues.
Subscribers to THE American ARCHITECT should bear in mind that it is the only architectural journal published twice monthly. This enables prompter publication of new features and a larger number of subjects than monthly magazines in the field. The two sections, Topical Architecture and Buildings of Moderate Cost, now permanent features of every issue, have been received with much favor. Both departments are features of practical interest and make every issue an interesting and valuable one to subscribers.
* * * *
No type of building has received more careful consideration in planning and equipment than schoolhouses. It is proposed to make our issue of August 5th a schoolhouse issue. This will not be a special issue, as such are often presented in architectural magazines, but a record of new buildings. There will be no reprinting of old plates that first saw the light five to ten years ago, but there will be
new schoolhouses and those that embody the best features of their type.
Many of our readers recognize that the service of The American Architect s organization does not end with the publication of articles and illustrations of interest to the architectural profession. Through numerous contacts and a sympathetic understanding of the problems that confront architects, the service department of this journal is often able to render personal assistance difficult to obtain through any other agency. Those architects who have had occasion to judge of this service need only to be reminded that we are here to serve. For those who might have availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the Service Department, but did not or who may have occasion to do so in the future, the following incident will be of interest and serve as an illustration of the service that may be expected.
On May 24th an architect located in a city of 10,000 population wrote that he had a small but unusual job on which he desired to use a small quantity of a certain decorative material. His own efforts to obtain the material or even information relative to where it could be obtained had been unsuccessful. The request contained definite information as to exactly what was required, and indicated that time was an important element. Immediately upon receipt of the letter on May 25 th, an investigation was begun that disclosed that the material of domestic manufacture was made to specific order only and would require about two months for delivery, but that small quantities were often imported from Europe. There were two possible courses through which the material could be immediately obtained: first to locate an available quantity through an importer or second a contractor who might have a small quantity on hand from a completed job. The first importer, interviewed as being the most likely, was found to have small lots of this material on hand. On May 26th we forwarded prices, illustrations and a description of the materials selected and available in New York. On May 27th the architect sent the following telegram—“Very much pleased with your selection and have ordered ----------by wire from -----------. Have given your name as reference.” The Service Department immediately telephoned the importer to ascertain whether he had received the telegram and sufficient shipping instructions. We were assured that the telegram had been received and that the material would be shipped as soon as it could be crated. Three days had elapsed between the request and its fulfillment. The material was received promptly and the work completed on time.