Archive for the 'Architecture' Category

Prices of Building Materials 1916

THE TREND OF PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS
AMONG architects and others interested in the cost of building, the actual situation in the construction field is not always entirely understood, and at the present time particularly the percentages of increase in prices of materials that have taken place since the effect of the war in Europe has [...]

Beautifying Service Stations 1927

NOW that the automotive industry has developed to the point where methods and products are fairly standard it would be appropriate if a good measure of attention might be given to the more attractive design of buildings.
MoToR asked James R e n w i c k Thomson, a New York architect, his opinion of the [...]

The Bungalows Furniture

If, after having been built with great respect for harmony and appropriateness, the bungalow should be filled with the usual collection of badly designed and inadequate furniture, the ensemble would be distressing, and the thought involved in the structure of the building thrown away.
The term furniture implies, per se, movable portions of the building, and, [...]

Building with Metal Lath in 1921

DEVELOPMENT of metal lath as a basic exterior wall material has been one of the remarkable features of recent progress. Its easy adaptability to every kind of building has led to its wide use and the attendant evolution from crude to perfect construction has brought forth several distinct types of exterior wall, of which the [...]

Building with Brick in 1921

WHEN the choice of the material for a home is being considered, the essential qualities that are desirableâ€”permanence and style, strength and beautyâ€”point directly to face brick. Durable as the eternal hills, it is proof against the corrosion of the seasons and the ravages of fire, thus reducing the cost of maintenance and depreciation to [...]

Building with Wood in 1921

TO many Americans the house of wood will perhaps always typify the home. This is not strange when it is recalled that the larger part of the development of our early houses dating back to the colonial days grew up around the use of wood. Wonderful growths of timber were at hand, only needing the [...]

Bungalow Resources for Restorers or Builders

Bungalow means different things to different people so I’m not going to try and define it. Henry Saylor back in 1926 described the Bengalese bungalow from which the california bungalow was derived - “A low, rambling mass, with wide verandas, overhanging eaves, floors of stone or concrete and single-story construction, are the characteristics of the [...]

Description of a Bungalow from 1926

THE term “Bungalow” provides a curious example of how we Americans overwork a word that is euphonious and the meaning of which, because of the word’s comparatively recent assimilation into the language, is somewhat uncertain. One hears nearly every type of country or suburban home called a bungalow, provided only that the house is somewhat [...]