DOI Heft:
No. 182 (January 1925)
DOI Artikel:The work of messrs. Falconer, Baker and Campbell, architects, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0031
THE WORK OF MESSRS. FAL- periments recently carried out by Messrs.
CONER, BAKER AND CAMPBELL, Simpson & Ayrton at Wembley constitute
ARCHITECTS : FIRST ARTICLE 50 far the ^t important and significant
essay in this direction, and they have
undoubtedly stimulated public interest and
NO serious student of modern architec- professional enterprise in a promising
ture can feel satisfied with the devices fashion. a a 0 0 0
usually resorted to by architects when The proper relation of design to the
dealing with reinforced concrete buildings, material employed is so important that we
The general practice of disguising the are glad to have an opportunity of illustrat-
essential structure by superimposing a ing a recent scheme for a reinforced con-
shell or facing of another material treated crete church by a firm of architects who
with no relation whatever to the funda- have approached their problem with an
mental fabric is clearly no solution of acute appreciation of possibilities and a
what is admittedly a difficult problem, determination to arrive at an honest and
The use of reinforced concrete, in build- convincing treatment of the material, un-
ings of any size, is structurally and econo- hampered by false sentiment or irrational
micallysound,but fewserious attempts have tradition and without in any way sacrific-
so far been made in this country to give ing beauty and " appropriate " atmosphere,
honest expression to this comparatively new The aesthetic treatment of the fine build-
method of building. The interesting ex- ings handed down from the past has
PROPOSED MASONIC HALL '. STROUD. ; '
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STROUD. ARCHITECTS : MESSRS.
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CONER, BAKER AND CAMPBELL, Simpson & Ayrton at Wembley constitute
ARCHITECTS : FIRST ARTICLE 50 far the ^t important and significant
essay in this direction, and they have
undoubtedly stimulated public interest and
NO serious student of modern architec- professional enterprise in a promising
ture can feel satisfied with the devices fashion. a a 0 0 0
usually resorted to by architects when The proper relation of design to the
dealing with reinforced concrete buildings, material employed is so important that we
The general practice of disguising the are glad to have an opportunity of illustrat-
essential structure by superimposing a ing a recent scheme for a reinforced con-
shell or facing of another material treated crete church by a firm of architects who
with no relation whatever to the funda- have approached their problem with an
mental fabric is clearly no solution of acute appreciation of possibilities and a
what is admittedly a difficult problem, determination to arrive at an honest and
The use of reinforced concrete, in build- convincing treatment of the material, un-
ings of any size, is structurally and econo- hampered by false sentiment or irrational
micallysound,but fewserious attempts have tradition and without in any way sacrific-
so far been made in this country to give ing beauty and " appropriate " atmosphere,
honest expression to this comparatively new The aesthetic treatment of the fine build-
method of building. The interesting ex- ings handed down from the past has
PROPOSED MASONIC HALL '. STROUD. ; '
II1A I. F INCH DETAIL OF FRONT ELEVATION: CJ
OTffRH\ Iff|W <\ 1 \ 1 H%
J
. : I
m •■
i_ , i,>f-V i X___TT
DESIGN FOR MASONIC HALL
STROUD. ARCHITECTS : MESSRS.
FALCONER, BAKER AND CAMPBELL
25