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The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)

San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 247

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ear attimes it is shared by certain architects—a de-ire to so highly finish the surfaceof terra cotta as to invite the idea that it is intended to be a copy of stone orof marble, or a delicately enameled surface without flaw or texture. Glazedterra cotta is no imitator! By no stretch of the… … Colonnade and Portico Entrance. Childrens Hospital. San FratiicscoBliss & Favilte, Architects The Architect and Engineer 63 a serious mistake, a grave error of judgment. Terra cotta, be it glazed, semi-glazed or unglazcd, lias its own individuality, its own language, its own char-acter. It is…

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