THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
VOL. CXXVIII WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925 NUMBER 2476
Side Doorway, Cathedral of Pisa, Italy.
From the Original Sketch by.....................Otto R. Eggers.................. Cover Western Facade, Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostella ......................................................................................... Frontispiece An Appreciation of the Renderings of
Otto R. Eggers, Architect...........................Samuel Chamberlain......... 39
Der Wolkenkbatzer. A Translation by..............Arthur Woilersdorf, F.A.I.A. 43 Some Recent Schoolhouse Work by Kil
iiam, Hopkins & Greeley, Architects .................................................................. 49 Editorial Comment .................................................................................................................................... 53 Personality in Design .............................................................................................................................. 55 The Future of Building Costs......................................W. C. Clark ...................................... 61 Mechanical Equipment of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Building, New
York ...................................................................Edward E. Ashley, Jr......... 65
A Criticism, A Dissenting and a Suggestion............................................................................ 71
Plates
Three Recent Schoolhouses.........................................Kilham, Hopkins & Gree
ley ...............................7 Plates
Building for Equitable Assurance Society,
Seventh Avenue, New York.................................Starrett & Van Vleck . .5 Plates House of William Geiiron, Pelhamwood,
N. Y........................................................................William Gehron..............3 Plates
House of IT. F. Bagby, Mission Hills, Kan
sas City, Mo...........................................................................Clarence E. Shepard ... 1 Plate
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With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
VOL. CXXVIII WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925 NUMBER 2476
Side Doorway, Cathedral of Pisa, Italy.
From the Original Sketch by.....................Otto R. Eggers.................. Cover Western Facade, Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostella ......................................................................................... Frontispiece An Appreciation of the Renderings of
Otto R. Eggers, Architect...........................Samuel Chamberlain......... 39
Der Wolkenkbatzer. A Translation by..............Arthur Woilersdorf, F.A.I.A. 43 Some Recent Schoolhouse Work by Kil
iiam, Hopkins & Greeley, Architects .................................................................. 49 Editorial Comment .................................................................................................................................... 53 Personality in Design .............................................................................................................................. 55 The Future of Building Costs......................................W. C. Clark ...................................... 61 Mechanical Equipment of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Building, New
York ...................................................................Edward E. Ashley, Jr......... 65
A Criticism, A Dissenting and a Suggestion............................................................................ 71
Plates
Three Recent Schoolhouses.........................................Kilham, Hopkins & Gree
ley ...............................7 Plates
Building for Equitable Assurance Society,
Seventh Avenue, New York.................................Starrett & Van Vleck . .5 Plates House of William Geiiron, Pelhamwood,
N. Y........................................................................William Gehron..............3 Plates
House of IT. F. Bagby, Mission Hills, Kan
sas City, Mo...........................................................................Clarence E. Shepard ... 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
E. 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. GARDNER C. COUGHLEN, A. I. A. CLINTON H. BLAKE, Jr.
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY RALPH REINHOLD
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.