Modern Building Record

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527805439
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Architectural Record written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Architectural Record: June, 1899 It is, therefore, withpleasure that one takes up the consideration of the work Of Bruce Price, for this architect seems from his work to have an equal regard for the refinements Of a Greek order, for the logical sincerity Of Gothic design, and for the picturesque dash of the French Renaissance. One might wish that from this eclec tic spirit Of his some particular.sty1e of his own should materialize and should from that time on control and find employment for all his energies, but until that time comes, it is Of the greatest interest to see the sincere way in which different, and what appears to the hasty Observer, hostile elements, are made to combine in his work to produce an unmistakablyagreeable result. The standard which musths set up for the work Of a hurried and busy New York archi teet is not that which would be applied to a purist of the time of Bra'mante. There has been no thoroughly good work done since Mr. Price became a conscious member of the world of fine art workmen, and there are no traces of thoroughly good work in the country of which he has been a citizen. Thoroughly good work is not in our way. We are not after the best, or even the very good, but that which may be called the second best or the endurable'is that to which we devote our time and strength. Speaking always from the point of View of the artist! If it is the convenient modern building with every sort of recently discovered appliance and re cently patented device that is under consideration, then, indeed, the standard is altogether different. The object of these studies is to apply the artistic standard to these modern buildings, and to seek some trace of older and happier inspiration in their comparative inevitable dullness. If, then, the standard is to be lowered in order that these modern buildings may be treated seriously at all, let it be understood that in the case of the architect whose work is now before us, this 10wering Of the standard is felt to be much less con siderable than in most possible cases of the same sort. Something Of the old spirit there is in the work which we have to consider, and it is possible to invite the reader's attention to designs which, if our illustrations could adequately set them Off, would entertain them vastlv more and in a vastly higher sense than could the work of most of Mr. Price's contemporaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.