The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919 Number 2280
Contents
A Soldier’s School of Art (Illustrated) ...... 293 Craftsmanship in Furniturf. Design (Illustrated) .... 298 Hygienic Cottage Furniture at Shoreditch, England . . . 301 Editorial Comment .......... 303 Beaux-Arts Institute of Design—Awards and Illustrations of Com
petition Subjects ......... 305 How the Cost-Plus Contract Safeguards Both the Owner and Con
tractor, by A. E. Wells ........ 309 Current News . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Financial Digest as Affecting the Practice of Architecture . .318 Building Needs of the Country Growing ...... 319 Late Building Material Market Reports ..... 320 Building Material Price Table ....... 328-A Building News—Proposed Construction Projects Throughout the Country
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Capitals of Main Door, St. Mark’s, Venice
Office Building for Walter Baker Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass.,
George F. Shepard, Architect (5 plates) ......
Hurley-Wright Building, Washington, D. C., C. L. Harding, Architect (5 plates)..................................................................................................
department of Architectural Engineering
New Elements of Floor Construction as Introduced in the Hurley
Wright Building (Illustrated). Clarence L. Harding, Architect . 321 A Recent Development in Electrical Illumination (Illustrated) . 325 Idiosyncrasies of Building Materials—Brick ..... 326 How to Distinguish Douglas Fir from Sitka Spruce Lumber . . 327 Method of Handling Public Works in Foreign Countries l . . 328
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WILLARD C. HOWE
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Western Editor
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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.
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919 Number 2280
Contents
A Soldier’s School of Art (Illustrated) ...... 293 Craftsmanship in Furniturf. Design (Illustrated) .... 298 Hygienic Cottage Furniture at Shoreditch, England . . . 301 Editorial Comment .......... 303 Beaux-Arts Institute of Design—Awards and Illustrations of Com
petition Subjects ......... 305 How the Cost-Plus Contract Safeguards Both the Owner and Con
tractor, by A. E. Wells ........ 309 Current News . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Financial Digest as Affecting the Practice of Architecture . .318 Building Needs of the Country Growing ...... 319 Late Building Material Market Reports ..... 320 Building Material Price Table ....... 328-A Building News—Proposed Construction Projects Throughout the Country
Illustrations
Frontispiece—Capitals of Main Door, St. Mark’s, Venice
Office Building for Walter Baker Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass.,
George F. Shepard, Architect (5 plates) ......
Hurley-Wright Building, Washington, D. C., C. L. Harding, Architect (5 plates)..................................................................................................
department of Architectural Engineering
New Elements of Floor Construction as Introduced in the Hurley
Wright Building (Illustrated). Clarence L. Harding, Architect . 321 A Recent Development in Electrical Illumination (Illustrated) . 325 Idiosyncrasies of Building Materials—Brick ..... 326 How to Distinguish Douglas Fir from Sitka Spruce Lumber . . 327 Method of Handling Public Works in Foreign Countries l . . 328
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.