The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 219
he plans in San Francisco. A palatial hostelry was designed for Oakland by one of New Yorks best known hotel architects. Ultimately the design was turned over to a local firm to make fit home conditions. All ofthis means thatwe have local con-ditions which in-fluence our de-sign, whether wewant… … The Architect and Eiis:iitcer 39 To do good work a designer must beon the spot. He must learn the languageof the native, and that language refined andbeautified by careful study of the best thatthe past has furnished, in proportion, detailand color, in countries similar to our own,will give us…
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