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DOI Artikel:Great Britain: some notes on the illustrations
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GREAT BRITAIN. SOME NOTES ON
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN considering the work which has come under our notice since
the last issue of The Studio Year Book appeared it is encouraging
to find that there appears to be no sign of a retrogressive tendency-
in British Domestic Architecture, and that the high standard
reached during recent years has been well maintained. While
those architects whose position is already established have continued
to produce excellent work, and thereby enhance their reputations,
there are amongst the younger men many who show considerable
promise ; whose work is distinguished by qualities which indicate a
thorough training and sound principles as regards design, construc-
tion, and practicability. When we consider the important bearing
all this has on the domestic life and artistic beauty of our towns and
country there is every reason for satisfaction. Any falling away
from the high standard reached would very soon reveal itself in our
surroundings, and we should probably relapse into a period as feature-
less and inartistic as that which characterised the greater part of the
last century.
If further proof were required of the healthy condition of this
branch of art in Great Britain it may be seen in the appreciation which
the work of our architects continues to find outside this country.
Not only from the Continent, but from almost all parts of the world
commissions have come to British architects, and in this respect special
mention should be made of the individual and artistic work of Mr.
Baillie Scott, whose art was never held in higher esteem than it is to-day.
Last year we gave several illustrations of a large house designed by him
and erected in the neighbourhood of Regent’s Park, London. As a
frontispiece to this volume we show a coloured drawing of a house,
totally different in character, designed for a client at Short Hills, New
Jersey, who desired to have reproduced some of the qualities of old
English half-timber work. How successfully Mr. Baillie Scott has
fulfilled these wishes may be judged from our plate. There was in
the district a plentiful supply of chestnut timber, and this has been
extensively utilised. As will be seen by the plan, the main entrance
is placed at the side of the covered entrance to the inner court. From
this one enters the reception hall, which is connected with the
principal living-rooms by a wide doorway. Beyond, in the main
block of the building, are the dining-room and, in the wing which
forms the side of the court, the kitchen premises. On the first floor
there are eight bedrooms and four bath-rooms, the space over the
covered entrance being used for an oratory. The roofs are covered
with English hand-made tiles.
On pages 43 and 44 are some illustrations of cottages at Romford
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THE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN considering the work which has come under our notice since
the last issue of The Studio Year Book appeared it is encouraging
to find that there appears to be no sign of a retrogressive tendency-
in British Domestic Architecture, and that the high standard
reached during recent years has been well maintained. While
those architects whose position is already established have continued
to produce excellent work, and thereby enhance their reputations,
there are amongst the younger men many who show considerable
promise ; whose work is distinguished by qualities which indicate a
thorough training and sound principles as regards design, construc-
tion, and practicability. When we consider the important bearing
all this has on the domestic life and artistic beauty of our towns and
country there is every reason for satisfaction. Any falling away
from the high standard reached would very soon reveal itself in our
surroundings, and we should probably relapse into a period as feature-
less and inartistic as that which characterised the greater part of the
last century.
If further proof were required of the healthy condition of this
branch of art in Great Britain it may be seen in the appreciation which
the work of our architects continues to find outside this country.
Not only from the Continent, but from almost all parts of the world
commissions have come to British architects, and in this respect special
mention should be made of the individual and artistic work of Mr.
Baillie Scott, whose art was never held in higher esteem than it is to-day.
Last year we gave several illustrations of a large house designed by him
and erected in the neighbourhood of Regent’s Park, London. As a
frontispiece to this volume we show a coloured drawing of a house,
totally different in character, designed for a client at Short Hills, New
Jersey, who desired to have reproduced some of the qualities of old
English half-timber work. How successfully Mr. Baillie Scott has
fulfilled these wishes may be judged from our plate. There was in
the district a plentiful supply of chestnut timber, and this has been
extensively utilised. As will be seen by the plan, the main entrance
is placed at the side of the covered entrance to the inner court. From
this one enters the reception hall, which is connected with the
principal living-rooms by a wide doorway. Beyond, in the main
block of the building, are the dining-room and, in the wing which
forms the side of the court, the kitchen premises. On the first floor
there are eight bedrooms and four bath-rooms, the space over the
covered entrance being used for an oratory. The roofs are covered
with English hand-made tiles.
On pages 43 and 44 are some illustrations of cottages at Romford
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