ILLUSTRATIONS Great Tangley Manor, Surrey, England. PLATE .Frontispiece ARCHITECTURAL TERMINOLOGY, ILLUSTRATED... III. Common Architectural Motifs of Classic Origin (Greek Key, IV. Marquise, Cartouches (French and Italian), Spandrils, Pediments V. Palladian Entrance, Palladian Window, Corbels, Console, Finial, VI. Linenfold Panel, Greek Acanthus, Spiral Volute, Pilaster VII. Attributes, Renaissance and Roman Uses of Arch and Columns, PAGE 13 PART I. PAGE The Towers of the Château of Langeais.... 16 A Typical American Dwelling of the Style Erroneously Called "Queen 16 "Monticello," The Virginia Home of Thomas Jefferson.. 17 The Woolworth Building, seen through the Arcade of the New York 18 Two Details of the Cleveland Post Office and Federal Building. 19 34 The Caryatid Porch of the Greek (Ionic), Erechtheum, Athens.. 34 Detail: Cloister of St. Paul-beyond-the-walls, Rome.. 38 Typical Byzantine Columns, Capitals and Carving.. 39 48 A Typical Gothic Detail.. Rose Window of the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris. Recessed Doorway of the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris. 48 49 49 Nave, interior; Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris.. 50 Transept, interior; Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris. 50 51 Gothic Gargoyles of the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris, France.. 51 52 Westminster Abbey, London, England..... Courtyard of the Maison de Tristan l'Hermite, Tours, France. The Church at Malines, Belgium. The Puerta del Sol, Toledo, Spain. The Palace of the Doges, Venice, Italy. The Palazzo della Ca D'Oro, Venice, Italy. Courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy. Colonnade of the Vatican, Rome, Italy.. The Church of S. Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy. Doorway of the Library of the Cathedral of Sienna, Italy. The Entrance of Whitehall, London, England.. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England... Classic Derivations in Modern American Bank Buildings (Two The New York City Post Office.. The New Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. A Water Temple at Sunol, California... A Tea-House of Classic Design, on a Long Island (N. Y.) Country Estate.... The Marble Arch, Hyde Park, London, England. The Central Pediment of the Louvre, Paris, France. The "Orangerie," Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France.. The Château de Bagatelle, Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France. A French Classic Shop, New York City.. A French Classic Publishing Building, New York City. 102 A Fifth Avenue Shop Front, in the Modern French (Beaux-Arts) Style 103 A New York City House Front in the Modern French (Beaux-Arts) Style... 104 Engaged Columns of the Main Façade of the New York Public Library 105 A Modern Church of Romanesque Derivation, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City. 106 Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts.. Drawing for the Porch of the Cathedral of Baltimore, Md.. Grotesques in the Gothic Manner. 106 114 115 Gothic Arched Entrance to Quadrangle, Graduate School, Princeton 123 Rib-vaulted Vestibule, in the Gothic Style, Graduate School, Princeton 123 The Provost's Tower, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia The Woolworth Building, New York City.. Details of the Woolworth Building, New York City (Four Views) 124 125 126 127 132 Detail: Garden Front of an English-derived American Country House 133 Detail: Terrace and Sun-Dial, an English-derived American Country House.... 134 Detail: Private Library Building, New York City. 159 Italian Renaissance Derivation in a Fifth Avenue Shop Front, New 160 The Public Library of Boston, Massachusetts. 160 Italian Renaissance Derivation in the Loggia of a Modern American 160 Italian Renaissance Derivation in a New York City Shop Front. 161 161 161 Sgraffito Decoration (Italian Renaissance Derivation) in a New York 161 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, General View.. 164 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, a Terrace Courtyard... 165 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, from a Loggia 166 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Wall Fountain 167 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Court. 167 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Pool and 168 An Italian Villa Derivation, Front View. 168 Patio at Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D. C.. 168 169 The Château de Langeais, France.... 169 Spanish-Italian Patio of a Modern American Residence in California. 170 Typical Spanish Buildings, Spain... 170 Spanish Renaissance Derivation in Window Treatment in California. 171 Spanish Renaissance Details in an Office Building, Chicago, Illinois.. 171 An Early New England Dwelling of Gambrel Roof Type, Hadlyme, Connecticut... 174 A Typical Dutch Colonial Dwelling, at Hackensack, New Jersey. 174 A Georgian Colonial Pediment Porch, with Palladian Window Above.. 175 A Georgian Derivation in the Porch of a Modern American Residence, 175 Germantown, Pa........ "Wynnestay," an Early Colonial Residence near Philadelphia.... 188 A Local Modern Derivation of the Early Pennsylvania Type of Colonial Residence... 188 "Mt. Pleasant and its Dependencies," Philadelphia. 188 "Cliveden," Philadelphia.. 188 Country House at Valley Forge, Pa., Derived from Early Local Prototypes. 189 Country House of Local "Ledge Stone," at Germantown, Pa. 189 The State House, "Independence Hall," Philadelphia.... 189 A Modern American Country House Derived from the Southern Type of Plantation Dwelling. 190 "Whitehall," Anne Arundel County, Maryland. "The White House," Washington, D. C... 192 192 Two Examples of the Creole Plantation Villa, New Orleans, Louisiana 193 San Gabriel Mission, California... 194 Country House of Spanish Derivation, Sierra Madre, California. 194 Four Views of a Modern Residence of Spanish Derivation, Typical of California.... 195 A Typical Recent American "Seaside Villa" of no Stylistic Derivation 196 A Typical Recent American Suburban Dwelling of the "Picturesque" Type.. 196 Two Modern American Country House Developments.. 197 The Style of the "American Secessionist" seen in a City Residence in 198 An Example of the "Craftsman" Type of Country Dwelling. 198 Japanese Influence in the California Bungalow.. 199 A Typical "Bungalow" of Native Redwood, California 199 Characteristic Design of School of the Austrian or Viennese "Secession 204 204 Flemish Renaissance City Houses on the Rue Flamande, Bruges, 208 Flemish Renaissance Derivation in a Modern New York City Residence.. 208 Two Modern American City Residences, Typical of the Newer Developments... 209 The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City. The Grand Central Railroad Station, New York City. A Modern Country House Essentially American. A Small Cottage of Native Derivation.. Simplicity and Charm in a Small English Cottage (2 views). 229 229 238 Two Typical Modern English "Detached Houses" 239 An Architect's Preliminary Drawing for a Country House 244 244 A Preliminary Drawing for a Small Village Library. 266 Reproduction (Reduced) of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House 266 Reproduction (Reduced) of a 4-Inch Working Drawing of a House Floor-Plan... 266 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House Elevation... Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Draw 267 ing of a House Floor-Plan. 267 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 12-Inch Scale Detail of Tile Eaves.. 267 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a Full-size Working Draw ing of the Top of a Wainscot... 268 An Architect's Projet for a National Memorial Monument. 272 The Possibilities of Building Materials seen in an American Country 276 Two Instances of the Decorative Importance of Texture.. 277 Use of Local Materials in Two Typical Modern American Dwellings of Moderate Cost... 278 An American Expression of the Modern English Country House. 279 279 near Philadelphia... The Expression of Texture in Building Materials The Use of Stucco as an Exterior Finish.. Good Relation of Design and Materials in a Large Country House A Modern American Country House of Actual Half-Timber Construction..... 294 295 295 298 Two Details of Door and Window Treatments. 318 Two Typical Examples of the Modern English Country House.. 319 324 A Row of Houses in the "Model Village" of Letchworth, England... 324 The Application of Architecture to Utilitarian Buildings in a California Power-house (two views)... 325 |