THE PUBLISHERS’ PAGE
The current issue, largely given over to the illustrating of landscape architecture, contains in the Department of Engineering and Construction a discussion of the requirements of greenhouse design. This is a subject of growing importance — no pun intended — upon which relatively little has been written. The design of greenhouses or conservatories affords a utilitarian problem for solution in which architects seeking to make it “architectural” by means of cornices and other elements, immediately produce a building unfitted to its needs. A greenhouse requires sunlight and plenty of it. To this end all members that interfere with the rays of the sun must be eliminated and a maximum area enclosed by glass must be obtained. Greenhouses present a problem in design that should be possible of solution in a manner more pleasing to the eye than is done in the average instance. Here and there we see indications of a revival of the conservatory attached to the house. Frequently these are small and of the lean-to variety. When correctly handled as a part of the complete design they can be made pleasing from without as well as within. Opening directly from the living room or dining room, there is something about a conservatory that is intriguing. Correctly planned, they make a cheerful and practical place in which children may play on inclement days. But improperly designed for practical use, these useful structures become a disappointment and partially, if not entirely, useless.
The sculptured group shown on the cover of this issue represents the design for a fountain by Alida Zilvé. It is interesting to note how the water is arranged. The group sets partly in the water with a large hidden jet splashing against the breast and wings of the goose. The backward movement of the water gives an apparent forward movement to the sculpture in an elaborate water display. The original work was exhibited in the recent exhibition of The Architectural League of New York. The photograph from which the cover design was reproduced is copyrighted by Alida Zilvé.
Churches will be the chief topic of text and illustrations in the March 20, 1928, issue of this journal. Examples of recent church architecture, large and small, will be shown. Ralph Adams
Cram has written an interesting appreciation of the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd at Germantown, Pa., of which Carl A. Ziegler was the architect. This church will be fully illustrated. The Department of Interior Architecture has planned an interesting presentation of church interiors and accessories. Timber ceilings and church spires will be discussed in the Department of Engineering and Construction. In the same issue will be printed another of Samuel Chamberlain’s vivid articles entitled “Some Italian Town Gates. ’’
The Elks Club at Memphis, Tennessee, George Mahan, Jr., architect, will be illustrated in an early
issue of The American Architect. Among other material in preparation for future issues is the William L. Harkness Hall at Yale University designed by Delano and Aldrich, and the Carl Weeks house at Des Moines, Iowa, designed by William W. Rasmussen. The latter is an unusual house, of English inspiration, which we believe will be found of value to our readers. Much of the material used in its construction was removed from an English manor house and transported to this country. Limestone, roofing tiles, lead work, doors, and woodwork — some of it from Trafalgar Place, Lord Nelson’s estate in Wiltshire — have been combined with materials obtained in this country to secure many interesting effects in texture and color.
The unusual in building construction never fails to attract our attention. Further announcement will be made in these columns relative to an article describing an auditorium balcony of 168 feet span, weighing 250 tons, that cantilevers with a 45 foot over-hang. The seating capacity of the orchestra and balcony of this auditorium is 6, 550 persons.
That the influence of The AMERICAN ARCHI TECT is exerted over a very wide territory is called to our attention by a subscriber and practicing architect in Canberra, Australia. This subscriber has requested that we inform manufacturers that he would like to receive literature describing their products. In the same letter the author writes, “I find a lot of useful information in your magazine, and it is especially interesting when one is practicing in our New Federal Capitol which you, of course, know is starting to take shape. ”
The current issue, largely given over to the illustrating of landscape architecture, contains in the Department of Engineering and Construction a discussion of the requirements of greenhouse design. This is a subject of growing importance — no pun intended — upon which relatively little has been written. The design of greenhouses or conservatories affords a utilitarian problem for solution in which architects seeking to make it “architectural” by means of cornices and other elements, immediately produce a building unfitted to its needs. A greenhouse requires sunlight and plenty of it. To this end all members that interfere with the rays of the sun must be eliminated and a maximum area enclosed by glass must be obtained. Greenhouses present a problem in design that should be possible of solution in a manner more pleasing to the eye than is done in the average instance. Here and there we see indications of a revival of the conservatory attached to the house. Frequently these are small and of the lean-to variety. When correctly handled as a part of the complete design they can be made pleasing from without as well as within. Opening directly from the living room or dining room, there is something about a conservatory that is intriguing. Correctly planned, they make a cheerful and practical place in which children may play on inclement days. But improperly designed for practical use, these useful structures become a disappointment and partially, if not entirely, useless.
The sculptured group shown on the cover of this issue represents the design for a fountain by Alida Zilvé. It is interesting to note how the water is arranged. The group sets partly in the water with a large hidden jet splashing against the breast and wings of the goose. The backward movement of the water gives an apparent forward movement to the sculpture in an elaborate water display. The original work was exhibited in the recent exhibition of The Architectural League of New York. The photograph from which the cover design was reproduced is copyrighted by Alida Zilvé.
Churches will be the chief topic of text and illustrations in the March 20, 1928, issue of this journal. Examples of recent church architecture, large and small, will be shown. Ralph Adams
Cram has written an interesting appreciation of the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd at Germantown, Pa., of which Carl A. Ziegler was the architect. This church will be fully illustrated. The Department of Interior Architecture has planned an interesting presentation of church interiors and accessories. Timber ceilings and church spires will be discussed in the Department of Engineering and Construction. In the same issue will be printed another of Samuel Chamberlain’s vivid articles entitled “Some Italian Town Gates. ’’
The Elks Club at Memphis, Tennessee, George Mahan, Jr., architect, will be illustrated in an early
issue of The American Architect. Among other material in preparation for future issues is the William L. Harkness Hall at Yale University designed by Delano and Aldrich, and the Carl Weeks house at Des Moines, Iowa, designed by William W. Rasmussen. The latter is an unusual house, of English inspiration, which we believe will be found of value to our readers. Much of the material used in its construction was removed from an English manor house and transported to this country. Limestone, roofing tiles, lead work, doors, and woodwork — some of it from Trafalgar Place, Lord Nelson’s estate in Wiltshire — have been combined with materials obtained in this country to secure many interesting effects in texture and color.
The unusual in building construction never fails to attract our attention. Further announcement will be made in these columns relative to an article describing an auditorium balcony of 168 feet span, weighing 250 tons, that cantilevers with a 45 foot over-hang. The seating capacity of the orchestra and balcony of this auditorium is 6, 550 persons.
That the influence of The AMERICAN ARCHI TECT is exerted over a very wide territory is called to our attention by a subscriber and practicing architect in Canberra, Australia. This subscriber has requested that we inform manufacturers that he would like to receive literature describing their products. In the same letter the author writes, “I find a lot of useful information in your magazine, and it is especially interesting when one is practicing in our New Federal Capitol which you, of course, know is starting to take shape. ”