THE Savoy-Plaza in New York City has been completed and was but recently opened. This is one of Fifth Avenue’s most recent apartment hotels in the Central Park zone and is among the most eye-satisfying tower structures that has been erected in the East. The proportions and details have evidently been carefully studied and the result is a dignified building of great refinement and simplicity. Through arrangement with the archi
tects, McKim, Mead and White, The AMERICAN ARCHITECT is privileged to present in the February 20th issue the important features of the Savoy-Plaza from photographs and detail drawings. A special article will treat the interiors of this structure in a comprehensive manner which, with the other features of the building that will be presented, will enable our readers to obtain a clear conception of the solution and treatment of this type of hotel. The drawings accompanying this presentation will be found especially valuable.
The New York Chapter of The American Society of Landscape Architects will hold its fifth annual exhibition at the Arden Galleries in New York City. The exhibition will be opened on March 19, 1928. The March 5th, 1928 issue of this journal will feature in its plate pages many of the photographs that will be shown in the exhibition. Arrangements have been made with Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect and a member of the Westchester County Park Commission of New York, to present in this issue an article treating on the relation of architecture and landscape architecture. Collaboration has been the subject of much discussion for some time past and particularly since the last convention of The American Institute of Architects. Mr. Clarke’s article should prove a valuable contribution to this phase of the subject.
In connection with acoustics and sound transmission, two subjects that are everywhere receiving increased attention, we contemplate publishing several articles during 1928 on this subject. To cover these topics as widely as possible arrangements are being made for a worth while article by a well known authority in Switzerland and two recognized experts in the United States.
The January 20th, 1928 issue of THE American Architect contained the first article in this series. Mr. Heimburger’s article, we believe, gives a very good impression of the attention that sound transmission and acoustics are receiving in Sweden and also some of Professor Kreuger’s ac
complishments. F. M. Osswald has recently received authority to construct a complete acoustical laboratory at the Swiss Institute of Technology at Zurich. Mr. Osswald has in course of preparation
an article especially prepared for The AMERICAN ARCHITECT dealing with a study of the acoustics of the Great Hall of the League of Nations. The designs submitted in the competition for the League of Nations have been analyzed by Mr. Osswald and the results are of more than passing interest in that they indicate the need for authoritative data that will assure the design of large assembly halls having satisfactory acoustical properties. Definite sound transmission and acoustical subjects to be treated by two authorities practicing in the United States will be announced later.
We endeavor to serve the readers of The American Architect to the extent that they
afford us the opportunity. While many of our readers make use of THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT Service Department, there are many who do not. To those who do not we extend a cordial invitation to write us when faced with a perplexing problem or the necessity of locating a particular material, appliance or equipment used in buildings or their construction. This service is rendered without charge unless a considerable amount of research is required.
The current issue of this paper is the third number to be issued in 1928. Our readers will observe the revival of a former policy as respects the cover — namely, that of changing the cover of each issue. In 1926 and 1927 a standard cover was adopted and repeated throughout the year. During 1928 each issue will be enclosed in an individual cover, each one distinctly different as to subject and character. The intention will be to reflect in the cover the spirit of what is shown within the pages
of The American Architect. It will be recalled that the January 5th, 1928 issue was largely devoted to buildings decidedly “modern” in design. The brilliant contrasting cover, also “modern” in design, retained the idea that inspired the entire issue. The cover of the January 20th, 1928 issue typified the broad general character of the work that one might expect to find within the pages of that issue. For the current issue, largely given over to the exhibition of The Architectural League of New York, we have selected a photograph of the building that received the League’s gold medal in architecture.
tects, McKim, Mead and White, The AMERICAN ARCHITECT is privileged to present in the February 20th issue the important features of the Savoy-Plaza from photographs and detail drawings. A special article will treat the interiors of this structure in a comprehensive manner which, with the other features of the building that will be presented, will enable our readers to obtain a clear conception of the solution and treatment of this type of hotel. The drawings accompanying this presentation will be found especially valuable.
The New York Chapter of The American Society of Landscape Architects will hold its fifth annual exhibition at the Arden Galleries in New York City. The exhibition will be opened on March 19, 1928. The March 5th, 1928 issue of this journal will feature in its plate pages many of the photographs that will be shown in the exhibition. Arrangements have been made with Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect and a member of the Westchester County Park Commission of New York, to present in this issue an article treating on the relation of architecture and landscape architecture. Collaboration has been the subject of much discussion for some time past and particularly since the last convention of The American Institute of Architects. Mr. Clarke’s article should prove a valuable contribution to this phase of the subject.
In connection with acoustics and sound transmission, two subjects that are everywhere receiving increased attention, we contemplate publishing several articles during 1928 on this subject. To cover these topics as widely as possible arrangements are being made for a worth while article by a well known authority in Switzerland and two recognized experts in the United States.
The January 20th, 1928 issue of THE American Architect contained the first article in this series. Mr. Heimburger’s article, we believe, gives a very good impression of the attention that sound transmission and acoustics are receiving in Sweden and also some of Professor Kreuger’s ac
complishments. F. M. Osswald has recently received authority to construct a complete acoustical laboratory at the Swiss Institute of Technology at Zurich. Mr. Osswald has in course of preparation
an article especially prepared for The AMERICAN ARCHITECT dealing with a study of the acoustics of the Great Hall of the League of Nations. The designs submitted in the competition for the League of Nations have been analyzed by Mr. Osswald and the results are of more than passing interest in that they indicate the need for authoritative data that will assure the design of large assembly halls having satisfactory acoustical properties. Definite sound transmission and acoustical subjects to be treated by two authorities practicing in the United States will be announced later.
We endeavor to serve the readers of The American Architect to the extent that they
afford us the opportunity. While many of our readers make use of THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT Service Department, there are many who do not. To those who do not we extend a cordial invitation to write us when faced with a perplexing problem or the necessity of locating a particular material, appliance or equipment used in buildings or their construction. This service is rendered without charge unless a considerable amount of research is required.
The current issue of this paper is the third number to be issued in 1928. Our readers will observe the revival of a former policy as respects the cover — namely, that of changing the cover of each issue. In 1926 and 1927 a standard cover was adopted and repeated throughout the year. During 1928 each issue will be enclosed in an individual cover, each one distinctly different as to subject and character. The intention will be to reflect in the cover the spirit of what is shown within the pages
of The American Architect. It will be recalled that the January 5th, 1928 issue was largely devoted to buildings decidedly “modern” in design. The brilliant contrasting cover, also “modern” in design, retained the idea that inspired the entire issue. The cover of the January 20th, 1928 issue typified the broad general character of the work that one might expect to find within the pages of that issue. For the current issue, largely given over to the exhibition of The Architectural League of New York, we have selected a photograph of the building that received the League’s gold medal in architecture.