. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . and hotels ar-chaeological mu-seums? Is ahouse so big thatone kind of ar-chitecture pallson the taste? at Romewould make afine, dignifiedpicture with sidechapels in Dutch,LArt Nouveau,Japanese andFrench Renais- Court in Chinese Temple, Canton, China. Bungalo, Colombo, Ceylon, It is also char-acteristic of us to love the imported— in Germany, fabricated in Paris, or designed in London—and we thereby nip in the bud the growing local character that tends to produce a n harmonious local work of art., The absurdity of t
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . and hotels ar-chaeological mu-seums? Is ahouse so big thatone kind of ar-chitecture pallson the taste? at Romewould make afine, dignifiedpicture with sidechapels in Dutch,LArt Nouveau,Japanese andFrench Renais- Court in Chinese Temple, Canton, China. Bungalo, Colombo, Ceylon, It is also char-acteristic of us to love the imported— in Germany, fabricated in Paris, or designed in London—and we thereby nip in the bud the growing local character that tends to produce a n harmonious local work of art., The absurdity of this is shown by two recent examples — the Episcopal C a - thedral designed in England had to be practically redesigned upon arrival of the plans in San Francisco. A palatial hostelry was designed for Oakland by one of New Yorks best known hotel architects. Ultimately the design was turned over to a local firm to make fit home conditions. All ofthis means thatwe have local con-ditions which in-fluence our de-sign, whether wewant them to ornot, and in theend will give us alocal architecturein spite of our-selves, which isjust what has hap-pened toall local-ities of the worldthat have pro- Japanese Temple at Kyoto. cluccd real art.
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