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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS CQ GENERAL OmCES PITTSBlBGH, I BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CTTTES THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 121
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I T A-F-3-A I USE FACE BRICKJ ddof House, Oyster Bay, N. Y., Carrere & Hastivg^, Architeds The architei^fs ii,i\ c not been hampered for money in working out their de-signs for this noble structure, in which the very genius of brick, as the tiredclay of the all-supporting earth, has been embodied. Unfortunately thehalf-tone does not reproduce the exquisite color blending of the brickwork. Variety ofEffeds in the Face ^rick Wall THE many beautiful Face Brick walls —in residences, in commercial, industrialand public buildings — that are built everyyear indicate the infinite variety of effects ob-tainable by the architecl: in the use of thisplastic material. The great variety of color tones and texturesin the material itself, the arrangement of theunits in various bonds, the innumerable pat-terns obtainable by shifting the headers orstretches in successive courses back and forth. and the color, texture, and kind of mortar joint,all contribute to extend the artistic possibilitieso

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