San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 386
s of square section today re-flect the mode ofthose antique pil-lars of Heliopolis.The Shell Buildinggives a first impres-s i o n of inherentbeauty because themass is well con-tained within itstapered profile.From any angle theinterest is satisfiedby a precise se-quence of unobtru-sive… … SHELL OIL BUILDINGE. Peterson 36 AR.CHITLCT AND ENGINEER, July, 1930 by contrast of the spandrels and piers, radiant crown through which the verticalsthe latter heightened by the elongated extend to pierce the tapered surfaces at theornament on their faces. parapet. Interposed on each face of the
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