ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece Great Tangley Manor, Surrey, England PLATE PAGE ARCHITECTURAL TERMINOLOGY, ILLUSTRATED.... 13 I. Egyptian Bell Capital Column, Egyptian Stalk Column, Doric Order (Modern), Ionic Order (Modern), Corinthian Order 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, Dormer Window in Mansard Roof, Fanlight. VI. Linenfold Panel, Greek Acanthus, Spiral Volute, Pilaster VII. Attributes, Renaissance and Roman Uses of Arch and Columns, PART I. The Towers of the Château of Langeais. A Typical American Dwelling of the Style Erroneously Called "Queen Anne". "Monticello," The Virginia Home of Thomas Jefferson.. PAGE 16 16 17 The Woolworth Building, seen through the Arcade of the New York Municipal Building. 18 Two Details of the Cleveland Post Office and Federal Building. 19 A Greek Doric Temple at Segesta, Sicily.. 34 The Caryatid Porch of the Greek (Ionic), Erechtheum, Athens... 34 Detail: Cloister of St. Paul-beyond-the-walls, Rome. 38 39 The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.. 48 A Typical Gothic Detail... 48 Rose Window of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 49 Recessed Doorway of the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris. 49 Nave, interior; Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 50 Transept, interior; Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris. 50 Gothic Chimeras of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 51 Gothic Gargoyles of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, France.... 51 Durham Cathedral from the River, Durham, England. 52 Doorway of Château of Langeais, France. 57 Courtyard of the Maison de Tristan l'Hermite, Tours, France. 57 The Town Hall, Bruges, Belgium. 58 The Church at Malines, Belgium. 58 The Cathedral of Toledo, Spain 59 The Puerta del Sol, Toledo, Spain. 59 The Palace of the Doges, Venice, Italy. 60 The Palazzo della Ca D'Oro, Venice, Italy 60 Courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy. 61 Colonnade of the Vatican, Rome, Italy. 61 The Church of S. Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy 62 Doorway of the Library of the Cathedral of Sienna, Italy. A Tea-House of Classic Design, on a Long Island (N. Y.) Country The "Orangerie," Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France... 80 80 A French Classic Shop, New York City.. 81 A French Classic Publishing Building, New York City. 81 Colonnade Row (La Grange Terrace), New York City. 88 A Georgian Porch Detail (Modern), New Haven, Conn. 89 A "Classic Reviva!" Porch, Baltimore, Md.... 89 Details from the Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (Two views). 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. 106 Drawing for the Porch of the Cathedral of Baltimore, Md........ 114 St. Thomas' Church, New York City. 115 Gothic Arched Entrance to Quadrangle, Graduate School, Princeton University. 122 Grotesques in the Gothic Manner. 123 Rib-vaulted Vestibule, in the Gothic Style, Graduate School, Princeton University. 123 The Provost's Tower, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Chapel of the Military Academy at West Point.... 124 125 The Woolworth Building, New New York City.. 126 Details of the Woolworth Building, New York City (Four Views).... 127 An American Country House of English Derivation 132 Detail: Garden Front of an English-derived American Country House 133 Detail: Terrace and Sun-Dial, an English-derived American Country House.. 134 Tudor Derivation in an American Country House. 135 Old Half-Timber City Houses, Holborn, London. 136 Half-timber Dormitory Building, Princeton, N. J.... 136 Italian Renaissance Derivation in a Fifth Avenue Shop Front, New York City... 160 The Public Library of Boston, Massachusetts. 160 Italian Renaissance Derivation in the Loggia of a Modern American House... 160 Italian Renaissance Derivation in a New York City Shop Front..... 161 161 City Shop Front 161 Sgraffito Decoration (Italian Renaissance Derivation) in a New York City Shop Front. 161 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, General View.. 164 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, a Terrace Court yard. 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 Pavilion 168 An Italian Villa Derivation, Front View 168 Patio at Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D. C... 168 An Italian Villa Derivation, Garden Front. 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, Germantown, Pa.... 175 "Wynnestay," an Early Colonial Residence near Philadelphia....... 188 A Local Modern Derivation of the Early Pennsylvania Type of Colo nial Residence. 188 "Mt. Pleasant and its Dependencies," Philadelphia. "Cliveden," Philadelphia... 188 188 Country House at Valley Forge, Pa., Derived from Early Local Proto types. 189 The State House, "Independence Hall," Country House of Local "Ledge Stone," at Germantown, Pa....... 189 ependence Hall," Philadelphia. 189 A Modern American Country House Derived from the Southern Type 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 Grand Rapids, Michigan.... 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 The "Art Nouveau," in a Parisian Shop-front... 204 Flemish Renaissance City Houses on the Rue Flamande, Bruges, Belgium...... 208 Flemish Renaissance Derivation in a Modern New York City Residence.. 208 Two Modern American City Residences, Typical of the Newer Devel opments. 209 The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City. 212 The Equitable Life Insurance Building, New York City. The Grand Central Railroad Station, New York City. 220 Simplicity and Charm in a Small English Cottage (2 views) Reproduction (Reduced) of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House Elevation. 266 Reproduction (Reduced) of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House Floor-Plan... 266 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Draw ing of a House Elevation. 267 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Draw ing of a House Floor-Plan. 267 Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-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 House near Chicago.. 276 Two Instances of the Decorative Importance of Texture. Use of Local Materials in Two Typical Modern American Dwellings of Moderate Cost.. 278 An American Expression of the Modern English Country House..... 279 The Same House in Local Stone and Half-timber Construction 279 Good Relation of Design and Materials in a Large Country House near Philadelphia. 294 The Expression of Texture in Building Materials 295 The Use of Stucco as an Exterior Finish. 295 A Modern American Country House of Actual Half-Timber Construc tion... 298 Two Details of Door and Window Treatments.. 318 Two Typical Examples of the Modern English Country House....... 319 Modern American Real-Estate Houses... 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 |