Architect and engineer . g architectmay be a pest, especially to himself, ha-rassed by other duties, but who better hasthe facts and faculties to reason with so-lutions of building problems? Life pre-pares the mature practitioner for publicleadership // he will but accept. It is not enough to know forms, his-torical and modern. The thinker has facedthe problem of environment in the develop- 35 36 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, June, 1930 merit of youth, in law enforcement, in themental life of individual and community,and sorely needs every help. The philan-thropist and social agency defines and stru
Architect and engineer . g architectmay be a pest, especially to himself, ha-rassed by other duties, but who better hasthe facts and faculties to reason with so-lutions of building problems? Life pre-pares the mature practitioner for publicleadership // he will but accept. It is not enough to know forms, his-torical and modern. The thinker has facedthe problem of environment in the develop- 35 36 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, June, 1930 merit of youth, in law enforcement, in themental life of individual and community,and sorely needs every help. The philan-thropist and social agency defines and strug-gles with problems always reflected in somebuilding or buildings. Ugliness, crowding, and unsatisfactoryconditions are appalling in their reac- there is yet time is so much wiser. Doctorand lawyer smooth out troubles, but howmuch wiser to prevent them! * * * Edwin Lewis Snyder believes that everyarchitect cherishes a hope to one day builda town from the beginning, and have every-thing right. His plans for a subdivision. Photo by Mild B, RESIDENCE OF MRS. MARGARET S. FILLMORE, LOS ANGELESRoy Seldon Price, Architect tions. True, work has been done, but theblight is still incalculable. Contributorycauses occur in our social structure; lawand building methods, which can only beweeded out by patient efifort. Of course ourindividual citizen can rise above untowardconditions, but what are the chances? Canwe afiford to be enamoured, to the exclusionof all else by the lovely array on the high-lands? Culture comes by constant modeling andrefining of the life of a nation. It cannotbe built on unrest or unwholesomeness inany part. A French revolution or less willsurely upset it. To model the forms while in the East Bay with groups of communityhomes with central heating, swimmingpool, clubhouse and gardens greatly appealsto us, in idea and design. Two-story sixand seven-room homes with community ser-vice, utilizing the advantages of co-opera-tion is decidedly new in so detached
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