DOI issue:
No. 119 (January, 1907)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28250#0251
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
less amplification, no super-
fluous decoration, but finds
its sole expression in chastity
and simplicity of style. He has,
too, that very rare faculty of
knowing the right relation of
one part to another, the sub-
ordinating of ‘ certain things to
other things, and the concentrat-
ing of the means at disposal at
the right point.’ A bookcase,
a chalice, or house becomes a
synthesis of parts rightly appor-
tioned to obtain unity of expres-
sion. A fireplace, for instance,
is never made the object of an
exceptional display, but carefully
considered in relation to the
furniture and other parts of the
room.
“ If there is one side of Mr.
Spooner’s work in which he is
more successful than another,
it is probably in the designing
PLAN OF HOUSE AT BURY, SUSSEX CHARLES SPOONER, ARCHITECT
237
less amplification, no super-
fluous decoration, but finds
its sole expression in chastity
and simplicity of style. He has,
too, that very rare faculty of
knowing the right relation of
one part to another, the sub-
ordinating of ‘ certain things to
other things, and the concentrat-
ing of the means at disposal at
the right point.’ A bookcase,
a chalice, or house becomes a
synthesis of parts rightly appor-
tioned to obtain unity of expres-
sion. A fireplace, for instance,
is never made the object of an
exceptional display, but carefully
considered in relation to the
furniture and other parts of the
room.
“ If there is one side of Mr.
Spooner’s work in which he is
more successful than another,
it is probably in the designing
PLAN OF HOUSE AT BURY, SUSSEX CHARLES SPOONER, ARCHITECT
237