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A LARGE part of this issue is devoted to a review of the sixty-first annual convention of The American Institute of Architects. The readers of this journal will find the address of the president, which is printed in full, interesting reading, and should find the report of the Committee on Allied Arts, which, too, is given complete, instructive and stimulating. If there was any one subject given more importance than another during the proceedings, it was the discussion of the efforts being made to create closer collaboration between architects and their fellowworkers in the arts and crafts. Due to the fact that this is in no sense of the word an Institute proposal, but is of vital concern to all members of the profession, it is hoped that the report will be carefully read by all.
In an early issue of The AMERICAN ARCHITECT there will appear an article by Dwight James Baum on “Ecclesiastical Architecture of California” illustrated by photographs made by the author. The readers of this journal are undoubtedly familiar with Mr. Baum’s easy reading style and critical comments and should look forward to this analysis of a style of architectural design that is peculiarly Californian as seen by a visiting member of the profession.
Last month there was held in the galleries of R. H. Macy & Company, Inc., New York, an international exposition of modern art in which the following countries participated: Germany, Austria, Sweden, France, Italy and the United States. This was probably the first time that an opportunity was afforded the people of this country to compare the progress made by representative nations of the world in the development of a modern style of architectural and decorative design. The exhibition was given an authoritative background, although staged under private auspices, by the fact that officials of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and officers of various other museums and art societies of both this country and Europe, served
on the advisory committee. Photographs of the exhibition, accompanied by a critical analysis, will appear in the department of Interior Architecture in the June 20th issue of The AMERICAN ARCHI TECT.
Richard F. Bach, associate in industrial arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has contributed an article descriptive of the Eliza G. Radeke Museum building of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R. I. Mr. Bach has written this article from the viewpoint of the museum man, and, being one who is thoroughly versed in the functions and operations of a museum, his article is both interesting and enlightening. In it he has taken occasion to draw certain conclusions as to what a museum building should be and how it may best serve its purpose, so that the article has peculiar interest to architects who may at one time or another find themselves confronted with the problem of planning and designing such a building. Our readers may look for the article in an early issue.
The policy of this magazine, recently inaugurated, to advertise the value of architectural service to laymen, through the medium of House and Garden, a widely read popular magazine, has been generally approved and commended by the profession. We recently distributed to architects a circular, entitled “Advertising the Mute Profession of Architecture, ” in which a statement of our policy was presented and a reprint of our first advertisement in House and Garden was included. In acknowledging receipt of this circular, many architects have taken the opportunity to “pat us on the back” for our progressive policy, and frequent requests have been made for permission to reprint the document in whole or in part. This is merely our first step in giving the profession the publicity which it needs in order to sell architectural service to those who look at the employment of an architect as an unnecessary expense, while in reality architectural service is a money-saver.
Please do us a favor. If your magazine does not come regularly on time, drop us a postcard or a letter. Address us — 501 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
A LARGE part of this issue is devoted to a review of the sixty-first annual convention of The American Institute of Architects. The readers of this journal will find the address of the president, which is printed in full, interesting reading, and should find the report of the Committee on Allied Arts, which, too, is given complete, instructive and stimulating. If there was any one subject given more importance than another during the proceedings, it was the discussion of the efforts being made to create closer collaboration between architects and their fellowworkers in the arts and crafts. Due to the fact that this is in no sense of the word an Institute proposal, but is of vital concern to all members of the profession, it is hoped that the report will be carefully read by all.
In an early issue of The AMERICAN ARCHITECT there will appear an article by Dwight James Baum on “Ecclesiastical Architecture of California” illustrated by photographs made by the author. The readers of this journal are undoubtedly familiar with Mr. Baum’s easy reading style and critical comments and should look forward to this analysis of a style of architectural design that is peculiarly Californian as seen by a visiting member of the profession.
Last month there was held in the galleries of R. H. Macy & Company, Inc., New York, an international exposition of modern art in which the following countries participated: Germany, Austria, Sweden, France, Italy and the United States. This was probably the first time that an opportunity was afforded the people of this country to compare the progress made by representative nations of the world in the development of a modern style of architectural and decorative design. The exhibition was given an authoritative background, although staged under private auspices, by the fact that officials of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and officers of various other museums and art societies of both this country and Europe, served
on the advisory committee. Photographs of the exhibition, accompanied by a critical analysis, will appear in the department of Interior Architecture in the June 20th issue of The AMERICAN ARCHI TECT.
Richard F. Bach, associate in industrial arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has contributed an article descriptive of the Eliza G. Radeke Museum building of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R. I. Mr. Bach has written this article from the viewpoint of the museum man, and, being one who is thoroughly versed in the functions and operations of a museum, his article is both interesting and enlightening. In it he has taken occasion to draw certain conclusions as to what a museum building should be and how it may best serve its purpose, so that the article has peculiar interest to architects who may at one time or another find themselves confronted with the problem of planning and designing such a building. Our readers may look for the article in an early issue.
The policy of this magazine, recently inaugurated, to advertise the value of architectural service to laymen, through the medium of House and Garden, a widely read popular magazine, has been generally approved and commended by the profession. We recently distributed to architects a circular, entitled “Advertising the Mute Profession of Architecture, ” in which a statement of our policy was presented and a reprint of our first advertisement in House and Garden was included. In acknowledging receipt of this circular, many architects have taken the opportunity to “pat us on the back” for our progressive policy, and frequent requests have been made for permission to reprint the document in whole or in part. This is merely our first step in giving the profession the publicity which it needs in order to sell architectural service to those who look at the employment of an architect as an unnecessary expense, while in reality architectural service is a money-saver.
Please do us a favor. If your magazine does not come regularly on time, drop us a postcard or a letter. Address us — 501 Fifth Avenue, New York City.