Architect and engineer . tist Church at Ventura. difficulties arose. Again the tedi-ous process of elimination and adaptationfollowed. In its favor I submit an excerptfrom an unsolicited letter from the ChurchBoard of Directors, which I received overone year after the structure was read as follows: You have given us a building ....that is a monument to Mayan art, per-fect in beauty and utility, one forw^hich THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 26 ? FEBRUARY. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR we have been complimented by thou-sands of visitors from all parts of thecountry. Again I w
Architect and engineer . tist Church at Ventura. difficulties arose. Again the tedi-ous process of elimination and adaptationfollowed. In its favor I submit an excerptfrom an unsolicited letter from the ChurchBoard of Directors, which I received overone year after the structure was read as follows: You have given us a building ....that is a monument to Mayan art, per-fect in beauty and utility, one forw^hich THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 26 ? FEBRUARY. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR we have been complimented by thou-sands of visitors from all parts of thecountry. Again I warn the reader not to considerthe persona! element. This, or any othermovement, if worthy of national import-ance, becomes greater than the individual. Chapel at Ixtapalapi, MexicoPerhaps the critic will disagree with mymethod of approaching what I term solu-tions. No doubt also, those far morequalified than I, will discover themes in theMaya art infinitely superior to those whichappealed to me, themes leading into en-. LIVING ROOM. PROPOSED T. A. WILLARD RESIDENCERobt. B. Stacy-Judd, Architect The object of quoting these outside com-ments is to assure the reader that he neednot fear the element of mischance, whichso often surrounds the untried. In this casethe untried stage is past. Leading mindsagree that the movement is a necessary one,and that the time is ripe for it. A necessarymeasure of public approval has alreadybeen voiced. The gate of a new field ofart motifs is wide open. Ultimate successnow lies wholly in the hands of Americanarchitects. tirely new channels. As previously ex-plained, the examples accompanying thesearticles are merely the product of but oneindividual. No matter who enters this newfield of art, its vast store cannot fail to be-wilder the student. There is so much tosee, so much from which to choose. Oncondition however that the quest is sincere,it matters not what forms are chosen asmotifs, or what ultimate form evolves. Theuse of the laws of the lang
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