DOI issue:
No. 61 (April, 1898)
DOI article:Modern domestic architecture: the work of Mr. Ernest Newton, [1]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18391#0197
The Work of Ernest Newton
forgets that while building is the purpose, archi- whole, and is not a mere extraneous addition of
tecture can only be achieved when it infuses the recognised " features " to a mean structure.
Mr. Newton is also true
| j ( ( to another principle—too
long forgotten—that size
and costliness have nothing
to do with architecture.
He evidently believes that
a small house can be made,
■ in its own way, as truly a
K""'u D beautiful building as if it
were a mansion or a cathe-
OJ*>C COAi. j 1
^ | dral. In the preface to
H-| his admirable book of
L * fl plans and perspective
fl views of houses costing
from ^1400 to ^2200, he
......"i says : " It has somehow
:nzr"- become an accepted fact
that people of moderate
means may not even con-
template the possession of
a house of their own ; the
f "F Ti n~~~ " -• - •'••-~»^^rriZl speculating builder fosters
this idea, and having
seized on a suburb pro-
ceeds to cut down the
trees, uproot the hedges,
ground i'i.an of rid court, haslbmbrb brnrst nrwton, architect and transform country into
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forgets that while building is the purpose, archi- whole, and is not a mere extraneous addition of
tecture can only be achieved when it infuses the recognised " features " to a mean structure.
Mr. Newton is also true
| j ( ( to another principle—too
long forgotten—that size
and costliness have nothing
to do with architecture.
He evidently believes that
a small house can be made,
■ in its own way, as truly a
K""'u D beautiful building as if it
were a mansion or a cathe-
OJ*>C COAi. j 1
^ | dral. In the preface to
H-| his admirable book of
L * fl plans and perspective
fl views of houses costing
from ^1400 to ^2200, he
......"i says : " It has somehow
:nzr"- become an accepted fact
that people of moderate
means may not even con-
template the possession of
a house of their own ; the
f "F Ti n~~~ " -• - •'••-~»^^rriZl speculating builder fosters
this idea, and having
seized on a suburb pro-
ceeds to cut down the
trees, uproot the hedges,
ground i'i.an of rid court, haslbmbrb brnrst nrwton, architect and transform country into
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