THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxxiMARCH 20, 1927Number 2517
CONTENTS The Harkness Quadrangle, Yale University, on a
Rainy Day ........................................................................................................... Frontispiece Theatre for Yale University..........................................Blac\all, Clapp & Whittemore 347 Theatre for Yale University..........................................George Pierce Ba\er.........................351 Electrical Layout of the Yale Theatre....................S. R. McCandless.........................365 The Steeple of the Church of Villemomble....................................................... 373; Editorial Comment..............................................................................................................................^73 The New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at
Stratford-on-Avon, England................................................................................................3-75 A Church, A Bridge and a Farmhouse........................Samuel Chamberlain .... 379 Skyscrapers and Traffic Congestion...........................................................................................386 An Architect s Happy Hunting Ground....................Lansing C. Holden, Jr. .. . 401 What Architects Should Know About Steel
Inspection.....................................................................Elwyn E. Seelye................................405 Form and Color as Applied in Furnishings................Huger Elliott. ................................413 Interior Designers Exhibit at the Architectural
League...........................................................................................................................................436
PLATES
Theatre for Yale University, New Haven, Conn. . .Blac\all, Clapp & Whittemore
6 Plates St. James M. E. Church, Chicago, III..............................Tallmadge & Watson 4 Plates St. Dominic’s Church, Proctor, Vt..................................Maginnis & Walsh . . 1 Plate Two Entrance Details Shown at the Recent
Architectural League Exhibition............................................................. . . . 1 Plate
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxxiMARCH 20, 1927Number 2517
CONTENTS The Harkness Quadrangle, Yale University, on a
Rainy Day ........................................................................................................... Frontispiece Theatre for Yale University..........................................Blac\all, Clapp & Whittemore 347 Theatre for Yale University..........................................George Pierce Ba\er.........................351 Electrical Layout of the Yale Theatre....................S. R. McCandless.........................365 The Steeple of the Church of Villemomble....................................................... 373; Editorial Comment..............................................................................................................................^73 The New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at
Stratford-on-Avon, England................................................................................................3-75 A Church, A Bridge and a Farmhouse........................Samuel Chamberlain .... 379 Skyscrapers and Traffic Congestion...........................................................................................386 An Architect s Happy Hunting Ground....................Lansing C. Holden, Jr. .. . 401 What Architects Should Know About Steel
Inspection.....................................................................Elwyn E. Seelye................................405 Form and Color as Applied in Furnishings................Huger Elliott. ................................413 Interior Designers Exhibit at the Architectural
League...........................................................................................................................................436
PLATES
Theatre for Yale University, New Haven, Conn. . .Blac\all, Clapp & Whittemore
6 Plates St. James M. E. Church, Chicago, III..............................Tallmadge & Watson 4 Plates St. Dominic’s Church, Proctor, Vt..................................Maginnis & Walsh . . 1 Plate Two Entrance Details Shown at the Recent
Architectural League Exhibition............................................................. . . . 1 Plate
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. -
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