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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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n showing this picture Mr. La-Farge said. This I conceive to be mod-ernism. Irving K. Pond. F.A.I.A., held the mem-bers of the Chicago Literary Club spell-bound on February 27 with the reading ofhis paper What is Modern Architecture?Beginning with the philosophy of theGreeks and its reflex in art and architec-ture, the spirit of Athene pervading andfinding expression in the finest of Greeksculpture, he carried his listeners downthrough the ages to what is heralded todayas the glass house. and the Dymaxionhouse built on a hollow tree trunk and setfrom a swinging scaffold in segmentsjoined to form a round or polygonal cake,freed from natural air currents, with in-flated floors and all the other jinks. In crit-icism of contemporaneous manifestationsthat are forced more like stunts rather thanthoughtful, logical development. Mr. Pondsaid of such w^ork. A modernism that isnot modern, contemporaneity that is notcontemporaneous. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^19 ► APRIL, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ 20 ► APRIL, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE A HILLSIDE HOME IN PASADENA by JAMES R. FERGUSON (71 r„ HE site of this lovelyPasadena residence was chosen largelybecause of its attractive, unobstructed viewof the mountains. The property is ownedby Clarence B. Piper and faces on twostreets with an approximate difference inlevels of thirty feet in a depth of lot ofthree hundred feet. This somewhat ex-treme slope to the east, combined withthe problem of filled ground, made itdoubly desirable to dig as deeply as pos-sible and take advantage of the exca-vated areas. This was done by placing thegarage, boiler rooms, etc.. on the sub-base-ment levels, with maids quarters, laundryroom, amusement room, office and generalutility rooms at the basement level. Eachfloor level wasprovided with broad, plantedterraces adjoining, all held in place by highconcrete retaining walls. The east, south and north exposuresbeing the desirable ones in the order men-tioned, the main rooms fo

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