International studio (39.1909/1910(1910))

Some Novel Tile Houses

house for j. william clark squires & wynkoop

branch brook park, newark, n. j. architects

their very lack of
solidity has allowed
the eccentricities of
owners to mar the
architects' designs,
even after the com-
pletion of the plans.

Permanent mate-
rials, long establish-
ed in European
countries, are being
demanded now by
American home
builders. It may be
true that the grow-
ing expense of lum-
ber has quite as
much to do with
this as the growth
in artistic conscious-
ness. However that
may be, the fact is
cause for congratu-
lation. With the ap-
proaching abandon-
ment of wood the

architecture are approaching slowly but surely to two materials which loom strong are concrete and
the level of those of the Old World. terra cotta.

Hundreds of our public buildings have been con- Terra cotta, a well-known material, with the
structed along European lines—structures of com- tests of centuries to its credit, has been adapted
bined solidity and
grace. It is in home
building that the
flagrant violations of
the canons of good
taste have been
most common. The
bizarre ideas of the
new-rich — original,
if you will, but un-
tamed by the slight-
est influence of tra-
dition or education
—have often stamp-
ed themselves upon
structures which
should have been
the most beautiful
in the land. The
nature of the ma-
terials used has un-
doubtedly been Courtesy ol American Architect

partly responsible house for mr. henry j. keiser squires & wynkoop

for this, because sea gate, n. y. architects

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