and the restoration of West Hall at Princeton by Aymar Embury is successful with more than a mere book knowledge of the style he does very well.
The more individual work in commercial building is ably shown in the sketches of Arthur Loomis Harmon, Holabird and Roche, and Albert Kahn, the extreme being represented by Buchman and Kahn: while the Savoy-Plaza by McKim, Mead and White and the sketches of Benjamin Wistar Morris show that the habiliments of a dying mode
are still being trimmed to fit the skyscraper without much freedom or thought in their use.
The domestic work shows an amazing ability in the use of materials. The Johnson house by Thomas Ellett reaches a perfection in texture and design that is true of few houses in America. It is by far the most beautiful house in this year’s exhibition. I should like to see his exceptional ability in design and the use of materials used in a house of less traditional form. He would set a pace that
MODEL OF ORNAMENT. NEW JERSEY BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING, NEWARK, N. J. VOORHEES, GMELIN & WALKER, ARCHITECTS — STIFTER & DE CESARE, SCULPTORS
NIGHT VIEW, LIBERTY WAR MEMORIAL, KANSAS CITY, MO. — H. VAN BUREN MAGONIGLE, ARCHITECT
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