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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
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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d com-merce does not also come within the progressive labors of our inventorsand discoverers. 84 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER The outstanding change in architectural style will be a direct resultof the increasing elbow room. No more cramped in ground plots, lightwells or skyscrapers. Growth will be horizontal rather than vertical.Curves in sky line in mass and detail, facilitated by improvement inmethods of construction (notably the pneumatic form on which I willdeal later). By this method buildings of circular form will be moreeconomical to construct than our present rectangular system. Also beingmore closely natural in form, more beautiful. The various activities of humanity in the ideal community will bealmost opposite to their present apparent importance. The materialthings of life will be merely the means of expressing our true spirituallife. Then and only when the Master Architect is restored to the supremeplace in the univer-sal heart and mind, will our cities be ideally perfect.
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* FEBRUARY, 1927 S5 SVPEWISION of REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRVCTION By Llwyn E.Seelye.C.E.in Mmerlcan nrckitect IN reinforced concrete construction the structural elements are actuallymanufactured in the field and in this way it differs from other typesof construction, such as structural steel. It, therefore, needs morecareful supervision. The reader is invited to take an imaginary trip toa reinforced concrete job in progress of construction and to inspect thework in its different stages, and thus form a clear idea of the whatand the why. Having arrived at the job, the builders superintendent is first re-quested to show us his plans and specifications, with the object of find-ing out if he is working from plans of the latest issue and from plansthat are clear and complete. An inspection of material is then in order. Is the cement stored ina waterproof building? Has it been tested by a laboratory? These mat-ters are important because cement is quickly damaged if it is rained on,and we sh

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