Identifier: architectenginee6220sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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while itssystem of construction is not practical and could not be economicallyadapted to small-house work, does prove that concrete need be neither cold,ugly nor barren. The house is rich in its detail, pleasing in color, and theinterior (due in a large measure, to be sure, to furnishings) is warm andhomelike. As precedent for designing concrete houses the architect can look to thedomestic work of any country and find inspiration. Wherever plaster hasbeen used on masonry,.the problem has been similar. * * Lumber Drops But May Soar Again Soon Lumber producers assert that their product has reached its lowest pos-sible level. We may safely say that by spring these prices will rebound.Other construction materials remain practically stationary, except for tem-porary fluctuations. No spectacular recessions are expected. Waiting forfurther reductions means inaction, non-production and expensive delavs,when much-needed building projects should be going forward. THE ARCHITECT AND-ENGINEER 109
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APARTMENT HOUSE AT HELSINGFORS, IN THE FINNISH STYLE OF ARCHITECTUREPhotographed by the American Red Cross Finland Develops Its Own Architecture FOR years Finland possessed no architecture of its own. Finnish archi-tectural students not only sought their training abroad but were forcedto remain abroad for a livelihood. Stone was a luxury which few couldafiford. Only the public buildings were of stone. The wood-built townswere so frequently swept by fire that all desire for architectural beauty wasdestroyed. German and Italian architecture prcA^ailed, and though greatart upheavals swept other countries, Finland remained untouched. Then came an increase of material wealth and with the increase Finlandbegan to develop a few building ideas of its own. Today there are struc-tures of granite and stone, and though German influence is still strong, theFinns have adopted a plainness and simplicity of style characteristic ofthemselves. Finnish architecture has a wealth of proportion and massive

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