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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Original Publisher: J. R. Osgood and Company Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Architecture / Residential History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER III. From the Architect. THE BEAUTY OF TRUTH AND UTILITY. EAR JOHN: I am glad my efforts in your behalf are likely to be appreciated, especially if you share this common opinion of architects, that their mission is accomplished when they have made a pretty picture, and that they are an expensive luxury, which the man who would build himself a house must forego if he would be able to finish. Greater durability, comfort, and convenience are not expected on account of their assistance, only that the house shall be more surprisingly beautiful. Doubtless there is some ground forthis poor opinion, but the architects are not alone in their folly, or wholly responsible; they attempt to supply an unreasonable demand, and are driven to employ unworthy means. The first grand lesson for you to learn (you must have patience with a little more " preachment ") is that the beauty of your building cannot be thrust upon it, but must be born with it, must be an inseparable part of it, the result and evidence of its real worth. We must forget our great anxiety as to how our houses shall be clothed, aiming first to make them strong and durable, comfortable and convenient, being morally certain that they will not then be disagreeable to look upon. Professing a great contempt for a man who tries to seem something better and wiser than he is, let us be equally severe in condemning every building that puts on airs and boldly bids us admire what is only fit to be despised. The pendulumseem...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150263620
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150263628
  • Publisher Date: 21 Dec 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 213 gr

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