THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
VOL. CXXVIII NOVEMBER 5, 1925 NUMBER 2484
Old City Hall, Amiejsts, Fkahce. Fbom the
Original Sketch by.......................................................Otto R. Eggers..........................Cover Entrance to a School Building, Salamanca...................................................... Frontispiece Landscape Architecture—An Opportunity
and an Obligation..........................................................P- H. Elwood, Jr........................ 383 Peter B. Wight, F.A.LA., 1838—1925 ..................................................................... 389 Avon, Old Farms, A School for Boys at
Avon, Conn............................................................................Tlieodate Pope ............................ 391 Editorial Comment................................................................................................................................... 395 Billiard and Pool Rooms in Private Houses............................................................................ 397
The Sound Insulating Properties of Partition Walls (Chiefly Latii and
Plaster) ...............................................................................E. A. Eckhardt
V. L. Chrisler.............................. 405
Architectural Aids ................................................................................................................................ 412 The Law as to Architecture............................................Clinton II. Blake, Jr................... 419
Plates
Community Playhouse, Pasadena, Calif................Elmer Grey ....................... 6 Plates Coppin Recreation Center, Philadelphia)
Pa............................................................................Iiarcher & Smith..... 2 Plates
Monastery for Redemptorist Fathers,
Oconomowoc, Wis...............................................Eschweiler & Eschweiler 5 Plates Medical Office Building, Seattle, Wash...............Howells & Albertson . . 3 Plates
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With which is consolidated
The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
VOL. CXXVIII NOVEMBER 5, 1925 NUMBER 2484
Old City Hall, Amiejsts, Fkahce. Fbom the
Original Sketch by.......................................................Otto R. Eggers..........................Cover Entrance to a School Building, Salamanca...................................................... Frontispiece Landscape Architecture—An Opportunity
and an Obligation..........................................................P- H. Elwood, Jr........................ 383 Peter B. Wight, F.A.LA., 1838—1925 ..................................................................... 389 Avon, Old Farms, A School for Boys at
Avon, Conn............................................................................Tlieodate Pope ............................ 391 Editorial Comment................................................................................................................................... 395 Billiard and Pool Rooms in Private Houses............................................................................ 397
The Sound Insulating Properties of Partition Walls (Chiefly Latii and
Plaster) ...............................................................................E. A. Eckhardt
V. L. Chrisler.............................. 405
Architectural Aids ................................................................................................................................ 412 The Law as to Architecture............................................Clinton II. Blake, Jr................... 419
Plates
Community Playhouse, Pasadena, Calif................Elmer Grey ....................... 6 Plates Coppin Recreation Center, Philadelphia)
Pa............................................................................Iiarcher & Smith..... 2 Plates
Monastery for Redemptorist Fathers,
Oconomowoc, Wis...............................................Eschweiler & Eschweiler 5 Plates Medical Office Building, Seattle, Wash...............Howells & Albertson . . 3 Plates
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. CLINTON H. BLAKE, Jr.
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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