The Architect and Engineer of California, Vol. 43

Download or read book The Architect and Engineer of California, Vol. 43 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Architect and Engineer of California, Vol. 43: October to December, 1915 Since the advent of the present administration architectural publications and periodicals of general circulation have devoted considerable space to discussions for improvement in this work, and the present policy is the outcome of heated debates by extremists on both sides. Some economists 'have advocated abandoning the creditable standards which have prevailed for the past fifteen years, seeking to have federal buildings designed like warehouses or factories, obsessed with the practical, and losing sight entirely of the architectural and esthetic values. On the other hand over-zealous partisans have gone to the other extreme, where common sense and sound business judgment would dictate otherwise. There is a happy medium between these two extremes, and it is apparent the Secretary aims to provide new buildings, not only practical and suitable for the needs of the community in which they are to be placed, but also as beautiful as can be designed with the means available; buildings which will educate and develop the public taste and eventually elevate it to a higher plane. The new order seeks to establish a national system of uniformity and busi ness economy in the construction of Government buildings and to get away from the old hit and miss system which has cost the people many millions of dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.