THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE SINCE THE WAR
A Decade of Development
By C. H. Blackall, F. A. I. A.
Ten years ago the world was in the throes of the Great War. That conflict and the reconstruction period which immediately followed constitute a remarkable epoch in human development. At the beginning the United States was a debtor nation with very little part in world affairs. Today it is the richest country in the world, it is constantly
adding to its wealth, and the opportunities within and without have multiplied to an extent which would have been inconceivable a generation ago. The changes which have come in the political, social and financial fabric of the country have been equally marked in the artistic and architectural development and have been accompanied by radical
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — BERTRAM GROSVENOR GOODHUE, ARCHITECT
Reprinted from The American Architect of March 5, 1927
(Copyright, 1928, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc. )
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE SINCE THE WAR
A Decade of Development
By C. H. Blackall, F. A. I. A.
Ten years ago the world was in the throes of the Great War. That conflict and the reconstruction period which immediately followed constitute a remarkable epoch in human development. At the beginning the United States was a debtor nation with very little part in world affairs. Today it is the richest country in the world, it is constantly
adding to its wealth, and the opportunities within and without have multiplied to an extent which would have been inconceivable a generation ago. The changes which have come in the political, social and financial fabric of the country have been equally marked in the artistic and architectural development and have been accompanied by radical
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — BERTRAM GROSVENOR GOODHUE, ARCHITECT
Reprinted from The American Architect of March 5, 1927
(Copyright, 1928, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc. )