The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919
Number 2275
Contents
The Wallace Clement Sabine Laboratory of Acoustics, Geneva,
III.—By Paul E. Sabine . . . . . . . 133
Student Life in Italy—By Ralph J. Batchelder .... 138 Editorial Comment ......... 141 Shrinkage of Interior Trim, Its Cause and Prevention—
By Lawrence V. Teesdale ....... 143 Current News .......... 146 Financial Digest .........
Late Building Market Reports—Current Prices Based on New York and Chicago Markets
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Detail from Churci-i of SS. Giovanni, e Paulo,
Venice
Recent Work of the California State Bureau of Architecture— George B. McDougall, State Architect (18 plates)
Department of Architectural engineering
Hooped Concrete Columns with Cast-iron Cores—By L. J. Mensch,
M. Am. Soc. C.E. ......... 155
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Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919
Number 2275
Contents
The Wallace Clement Sabine Laboratory of Acoustics, Geneva,
III.—By Paul E. Sabine . . . . . . . 133
Student Life in Italy—By Ralph J. Batchelder .... 138 Editorial Comment ......... 141 Shrinkage of Interior Trim, Its Cause and Prevention—
By Lawrence V. Teesdale ....... 143 Current News .......... 146 Financial Digest .........
Late Building Market Reports—Current Prices Based on New York and Chicago Markets
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Detail from Churci-i of SS. Giovanni, e Paulo,
Venice
Recent Work of the California State Bureau of Architecture— George B. McDougall, State Architect (18 plates)
Department of Architectural engineering
Hooped Concrete Columns with Cast-iron Cores—By L. J. Mensch,
M. Am. Soc. C.E. ......... 155
Published Every Wednesday By
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York E. J. ROSENCRANS
WILLARD C. HOWE
President and Treasurer
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor EDWARD F. HAMMEL
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Engineering Editor
Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers Building, Page A. Robinson, Western Manager
CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. ST. LOUIS, Arcade Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St.
Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries,
Twelve Dollars. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice-President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.