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Architect and engineer (1905)

San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 104

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China, Mother of Moderns, Mother of Gardens, offers about as many styles ofarchitecture as does the rest of the civilized world, yet they are all Chinese. Howthey did it in only four thousand years is a mystery. All of this 134-foot structurethat is occidental is the steel frame. ARCHITECT AND… … To the left, a double roof shop in Shensi style. To the right, a Pailau entrance donestrictly in the style of Szechewan Province. The great flare of roofs and finials ischaracteristic of the western provinces. Cape Cod cottage and a Hopi house in Ari-zona. It was the desire of the Chinese that…

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