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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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e of necessary apparatus and structure would be slight.Furthermore, barring some general calamity, it is unreasonable to sup- THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 69 pose that fire would break out in more than one compartment, or at mosttwo or three simultaneously; for which reason insurance on stock mightbe materially reduced. This matter was given thorough consideration,and the owners were convinced that, even in the face of the increasedinsurance rates imposed by the underwriters in the absence of a sjDrink-ling system, the latter method of fire protection oflers a substantial sav-ing as compared with the outlay for a sprinkler system and the increasedconstruction necessitated Ijy it, without any increase in risk. The question of the terra cotta is one to which Mr. Mullgardt rightlyattaches considerable importance. It is a curious fact—perhaps no; socurious after all when one considers psychological tendencies, but nonethe less a fact—that marked technical advances ultimately conspire to
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KOOF HOUSES, liUILUING FOR T))L0. H. DAVIES & CO.. LTD.. HONOLUI-U. T. H.Louis Christian Mullgirdt. ArchitectCordova tile manufactured and erected by GladdinK. McBean S: Co., San Francisco. obliterate the logical limits inherent in the medium or process involved.When mind and hand fall into a routine, execution absorbs attention andenergy at the expense of the informing spirit. Much art of primitiveperiods which is technically uncouth is recognized as vital, while periodsof decadence are not uncommonly characterized by high degrees of dex-terity. In the past third of a century or so the American terra cottaindustry has made enormous progress on its technical side, liut on thewhole it may be asserted that the principal use designers have made oftheir increased opportunities is to invade the province of other materials.Now to imitate stone so closely that one is for a moment deceived maybe a clever trick of virtuosity, l)Ut it has little significance as ait. Inmaking a deliberate br

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