Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 261
resent buildings are largeand massive, covering a good deal of ground,then we shall treat the new elevation correspond-ingly. In Fig. 10 are shown the results, on thesame building, of different treatments of eleva-tion. In A we see vertical lines emphasized, asthey tend to increase the height. Such… … A B Fig. 11. Two Typical Methods of Treating Windows. the first-floor line; then a belt course about thesecond-floor line, and a course at the attic line.These tend to lengthen the general appearance,and would be in keeping as mentioned above forthe third condition. In A, we see that the cor-nice…
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