The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919
Number 2279
Contents
Notes From London (Illustrated) Special Correspondence to The
American Architect ........ 259 New Architecture for France ....... 267 Hygiene in School House Construction—Discussing an Address by
Frank Irving Cooper ........ 268 Editorial Comment ......... 269 Criticism and Comment ......... 271 Dollar Savings Bank, New York City—Renwick, Aspinwall &
Tucker, Architects (Illustrated) ...... 271 Current News .......... 273 Financial Digest as Affecting the Practice of Architecture . 280 Seek Wage Stabilization Plan to Aid Building .... 281 Late Building Material Market Reports ..... 282 Building Material Price Table ....... 292A
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Nave of the Carmelite Church, Venice—
Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker, Architects (ii plates) ......
Department of Architectural Engineering
Efficiency in Industrial Planning Illustrated in a New Forge
Shop—Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Architects (Illustrated) . 283 New Paint Exposure Tests at Atlantic City, by Henry A. Gard
ner (Illustrated) ......... 288 Reasons for a National Department of Public Works . . . 291 Random Notes on Lime ......... 292
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Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919
Number 2279
Contents
Notes From London (Illustrated) Special Correspondence to The
American Architect ........ 259 New Architecture for France ....... 267 Hygiene in School House Construction—Discussing an Address by
Frank Irving Cooper ........ 268 Editorial Comment ......... 269 Criticism and Comment ......... 271 Dollar Savings Bank, New York City—Renwick, Aspinwall &
Tucker, Architects (Illustrated) ...... 271 Current News .......... 273 Financial Digest as Affecting the Practice of Architecture . 280 Seek Wage Stabilization Plan to Aid Building .... 281 Late Building Material Market Reports ..... 282 Building Material Price Table ....... 292A
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Nave of the Carmelite Church, Venice—
Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker, Architects (ii plates) ......
Department of Architectural Engineering
Efficiency in Industrial Planning Illustrated in a New Forge
Shop—Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Architects (Illustrated) . 283 New Paint Exposure Tests at Atlantic City, by Henry A. Gard
ner (Illustrated) ......... 288 Reasons for a National Department of Public Works . . . 291 Random Notes on Lime ......... 292
Published Every Wednesday By
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS President and Treasurer
WILLARD C. HOWE
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
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.