THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxxi - FEBRUARY 20, 1927 - Number 2515
CONTENTS
E?e. From the Original Sketch by . . Samuel Chamberlain.......................Frontispiece Some Hill Towns of Provence.......Samuel Chamberlain.....................................................203 Final and Accepted Design, Central Tower of the Cathedral of St.
John The Divine, New York .... Cram & Ferguson...............................................................209 Topical Architecture...........................................................................................................................................................213 Editorial Comment .................................................................................................................................................................229 On the External Effect of Concrete ...................................................................................................................235 Door Furniture..................................................................................................................................................................... 249 Exhibition of Swedish Contemporary
Decorative Arts .............................................................................................................................................................254 The New German Sportforum, Berlin . Walter F. March...........................................................259 The Law as to Architecture...........Clinton H. Bla\e, Jr.........................................................267
PLATES
Illustrations of the Forty Second Annual Exhibition, The Architectural
League of New York.................................................................................................................................12 Plates
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WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxxi - FEBRUARY 20, 1927 - Number 2515
CONTENTS
E?e. From the Original Sketch by . . Samuel Chamberlain.......................Frontispiece Some Hill Towns of Provence.......Samuel Chamberlain.....................................................203 Final and Accepted Design, Central Tower of the Cathedral of St.
John The Divine, New York .... Cram & Ferguson...............................................................209 Topical Architecture...........................................................................................................................................................213 Editorial Comment .................................................................................................................................................................229 On the External Effect of Concrete ...................................................................................................................235 Door Furniture..................................................................................................................................................................... 249 Exhibition of Swedish Contemporary
Decorative Arts .............................................................................................................................................................254 The New German Sportforum, Berlin . Walter F. March...........................................................259 The Law as to Architecture...........Clinton H. Bla\e, Jr.........................................................267
PLATES
Illustrations of the Forty Second Annual Exhibition, The Architectural
League of New York.................................................................................................................................12 Plates
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, Inc.
E. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY, Vice-President Publication, Editorial and Advertising Offices: 239 West 39TH Street, New York City
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. j. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
London Office: DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Regent Street, S. W. I.
Yearly Subscription in the United States and Possessions, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, Six Dollars. Other Countries, Eight Dollars,
Payable in New York Funds. Single copies (Regular Issues) 50 cents.