For clean accurate detail

they designed Spandrels and Trim of Alcoa Aluminum

As you look at the new Baltimore City Hospital Nurses Home, your gaze is carried skyward by the Alcoa Aluminum spandrels, which seem to merge with the windows into dark vertical lines.
Walk into the building through the handsome silvery entrance door of Alcoa Aluminum. In the lobby and on the mezzanine floor of the assembly hall you’ll find

gleaming rails of Alcoa Alu

minum—trim of Alcoa
Aluminum in the doors
and around the assem

bly hall and stage.

Whether designs employ simple straight line effects as in this case, or whether they are extremely in
tricate in their detail, they can be executed in Alcoa Aluminum with a clean accuracy difficult to attain in other metals.
Alcoa Aluminum is resistant to corrosion. It does not rust. It does not stain adjoining surfaces. And
its use eliminates many items of maintenance expense.
Alcoa Aluminum is readily available in all forms known to the metal working art. Its many speci
fic advantages have commended it to architects whose work is not only esthetically admirable but also economically sound.
To obtain absolutely satisfactory architectural aluminum, specify Alcoa Aluminum and its alloys,
made by Aluminum Company of America. We urge you to accept the cooperation of our representa
tive in planning the use of Alcoa Aluminum in your next building project. ALUMINUM COMPANY of AMERICA; 2,406 Oliver Building, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

ALCOA ALUMINUM

Spandrels of Alcoa Aluminum
cost less to erect
Because aluminum spandrels are so much lighter in weight than spandrels made of other metals, they make it possible to effect a
considerable saving in the cost of freighting and trucking, and in the number of men re quired to erect them. But their greatest economy comes after they are erected. Being resistant to corrosion, they don’t require painting to protect them. These same advantages apply when Alcoa Aluminum is used for entrances and other exterior uses.
Baltimore City Hospital Nurses Home, Baltimore, Md. Architect: Palmer and Lamdin, Baltimore, Md.
General Contractor: Northeastern Construction Company, Baltimore, Md. ; Sub-Contractor on Aluminum : Reliance Bronze and Iron Company, New York City, New York.