VOL. CXXVIII
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review CONTENTS
OCTOBER 5, 1925NUMBER 2482
Moorish Gateway, Gra.vada, Spain. From
the Original Sketch by..................................Otto R. Eggers.....................Cover “The Tribune” Building, Chicago, III.................................................... Frontispiece Lessons of the Santa Barbara Earthquake. . . . Winsor Soule, A.I.A.................. 295 Lighting at tiie Paris Exposition...............................Walter IT. Kantack................. 303 Editorial Comment ................................................................................................................................ 307 The Periods Given New Interpretation............................................................................... 309 The New Embassy Theatre, New York................................................................................. 313 The Evanston, Illinois, Township High Perkins, Fellows &
Sciioot......................................................................................... Hamilton ................................. 323 The Choice of an Architect...............................C. H. Blackall, F.A.I.A. .. . 325 The Adaptability of Electric Arc Welding to the Fabrication of Structural
Steel ......................................................................................A. G. Bissell ................................ 327 When Is a Brick? ...................................................................................................................................... 333 The Law as to Architecture...........................................Clinton II. Blake, Jr............... 335
Plates
John Mead Row ells and
“The Tribune” Building, Chicago, III................. Raymond M. Hood . 8 Plates The Evanston, Illinois, Township High Perkins, Fellows <( •
School .................................................................................... Hamilton ...................... 3 Plates Details of Spanish Architecture—A Door
way in Seville....................................................................................................................... 1 Plate
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review CONTENTS
OCTOBER 5, 1925NUMBER 2482
Moorish Gateway, Gra.vada, Spain. From
the Original Sketch by..................................Otto R. Eggers.....................Cover “The Tribune” Building, Chicago, III.................................................... Frontispiece Lessons of the Santa Barbara Earthquake. . . . Winsor Soule, A.I.A.................. 295 Lighting at tiie Paris Exposition...............................Walter IT. Kantack................. 303 Editorial Comment ................................................................................................................................ 307 The Periods Given New Interpretation............................................................................... 309 The New Embassy Theatre, New York................................................................................. 313 The Evanston, Illinois, Township High Perkins, Fellows &
Sciioot......................................................................................... Hamilton ................................. 323 The Choice of an Architect...............................C. H. Blackall, F.A.I.A. .. . 325 The Adaptability of Electric Arc Welding to the Fabrication of Structural
Steel ......................................................................................A. G. Bissell ................................ 327 When Is a Brick? ...................................................................................................................................... 333 The Law as to Architecture...........................................Clinton II. Blake, Jr............... 335
Plates
John Mead Row ells and
“The Tribune” Building, Chicago, III................. Raymond M. Hood . 8 Plates The Evanston, Illinois, Township High Perkins, Fellows <( •
School .................................................................................... Hamilton ...................... 3 Plates Details of Spanish Architecture—A Door
way in Seville....................................................................................................................... 1 Plate
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 258 ATLANTIC STREET, STAMFORD, CONN.
Editorial and Advertising Offices: 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
R J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY. Vice-President
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH, A. I. A., Engineering and Associate Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Contributing Editors
EGERTON SWARTWOUT. F. A. I. A. CLINTON H. BLAKE, Jr. H. J. REDFIELD
Board of Directors
E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
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London Office : DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Recent Street, S. W. I.
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