San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 388
the interest in its crown are three niches, the upper portions-of which form shells. Stabilized by thebowls below, they serve alike as symbolismand to unify the terminals. The bold surface of the sepia-tinted terra July, 1930 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. 37 ■cotta, covered with innumberable facets,… … TWENTIETH FLOOR PLAN, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOGeo. W. Kelhara, Architect flare, this has been designed to respond, withhighlight, shade and shadow, to the move-ment of the sun in a manner that suggeststhe artifice of the ancients who sheathedthe pyramidions of their monuments in of light on…
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