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Division I: Great Britain
DOI Artikel:Quennell, Charles Henry Bourne: English domestic architexture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.37422#0034
ENGLISH DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
and daubed, and the exterior surfaces so formed would give fine
grounds for plastic treatments—but first and foremost our architects
and builders must study these new methods, and, instead of trying to
adapt them to the styles that are past and which grew out of other
methods, must let the new methods make new styles. Fortunately
we do not as yet steel-frame our houses, but the day may come, and
the flying men and women may be very happy in them when they
arrive. To the architects of the period, whenever it may be, the
task is cheerfully commended, with the special reminder that there
can be no Beauty without Truth.
C. H. B. Quennell.
and daubed, and the exterior surfaces so formed would give fine
grounds for plastic treatments—but first and foremost our architects
and builders must study these new methods, and, instead of trying to
adapt them to the styles that are past and which grew out of other
methods, must let the new methods make new styles. Fortunately
we do not as yet steel-frame our houses, but the day may come, and
the flying men and women may be very happy in them when they
arrive. To the architects of the period, whenever it may be, the
task is cheerfully commended, with the special reminder that there
can be no Beauty without Truth.
C. H. B. Quennell.