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American architecture (1892)

Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 162

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withoutexaggeration is the ex-pression of the structure,and so rich and refinedthe ornament. Upon thewhole these buildings, by far the most successful and impressive of the busi-ness buildings of Chicago, not merely attest the skillof their architects, but reward their self-denial in mak-ing the… … ORIEL, PHCENIX BUILDING.Burnhani & Root, Architects. 1,3 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE than in imposing upon the building a design derivedfrom anything but a consideration of its own require-ments. Hence it is that, without showing anywhereany strain after originahty, these structures are moreoriofinal…

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